Where does “hypoventilatory” come from?
hypoventilatory (English) comes from English ventilatory, from English -ory, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
hypoventilatory (English): Relating to hypoventilation
Definitions
- Relating to hypoventilation
Ancestry of “hypoventilatory”, step by step
hypoventilatory traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ventilatory
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ventilatory | Of, pertaining to, functioning as, or by means of... |
| 2 | English | -ory | of or pertaining to, serving for; adjective... |
| 3 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 4 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 5 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |