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Where does “hemiabdomen” come from?

hemiabdomen (English) comes from English abdomen, from Middle French abdomen, from Latin abdomen, from Latin abdō, from Latin -dō, from Proto-Germanic -dô, from Sicilian di, from Latin dē — afterwards, post; by, at.

hemiabdomen (English): Half of the abdomen

Definitions

  1. Half of the abdomen

Ancestry of “hemiabdomen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishabdomenThe fat surrounding the belly; The belly, or that...
2Middle Frenchabdomen—
3Latinabdomenbelly, abdomen; gluttony
4Latinabdō—
5Latin-dō—
6Proto-Germanic-dô—
7Siciliandi—
8Latindē—
9Latinpostbehind; after, since, besides, except; behind,...
10Latinposteablative singular of postis
11Proto-Italicposti—
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpósti—
13Proto-Indo-Europeanpósafterwards, post; by, at
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