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Where does “habenula” come from?

habenula (English) comes from Latin habenula, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

habenula (English): A circumscript mass of cells in the caudal and...

Definitions

  1. A circumscript mass of cells in the caudal and...

Ancestry of “habenula”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinhabenulaa small strip of diseased flesh which is cut out...
2Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
3Proto-Italic-olos—
4Proto-Italic-elos—
5Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “habenula”

  • habenular
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