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Where does “hemiscrotum” come from?

hemiscrotum (English) comes from English scrotum, from Latin scrotum, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

hemiscrotum (English): Either half of a normal scrotum; an abnormal...

Definitions

  1. Either half of a normal scrotum; an abnormal...

Ancestry of “hemiscrotum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishscrotumThe bag of skin and muscle that contains the...
2Latinscrotumscrotum
3Proto-Indo-European(s)ker-to cut off; to turn, bend
4Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever
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