Where does “intramedullary” come from?
Intramedullary is an English compound formed from Latin intra meaning within and Latin medulla meaning marrow, with the adjectival suffix -alis and -arius.
intramedullary (English): Inside the medulla
Ancestry of “intramedullary”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | intra- | a prefix signifying inside, within, interior,... |
| 2 | Latin | intra | within; inside; during; less than |
| 3 | Latin | interus | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁énteros | inside, within |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -teros | Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix |