Where does “infratrochlear” come from?
infratrochlear (English) comes from English infra, from Latin infra, from Latin īnferā, from French inférer, from Latin īnferō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
infratrochlear (English): Below a trochlea; applied especially to one of...
Definitions
- Below a trochlea; applied especially to one of...
Ancestry of “infratrochlear”, step by step
infratrochlear traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English infra
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | infra | Discussed later; Infrastructure |
| 2 | Latin | infra | below |
| 3 | Latin | īnferā | — |
| 4 | French | inférer | to infer |
| 5 | Latin | īnferō | to carry, bring, put, place, or throw in, into, to, or upon somewhere or something; insert |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English trochlear
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | trochlear | Shaped like, or resembling, a pulley; related to,... |
| 2 | English | trochlea | A structure resembling a pulley |
| 3 | Latin | trochlea | pulley; block and tackle |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | τροχιλεία | block and tackle, system of several pulleys |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -είᾱ | Superficially appears in abstract nouns derived from σ-stem adjectives, with the true suffix being |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ής | adjective suffix |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ēs | Primarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ess | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |