Where does “intravenous” come from?

Intravenous comes from English venous, from Latin intra meaning "within" and vēna meaning "vein," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European weǵʰ- meaning "to carry or convey."

intravenous (English): Inside the veins; A dose of medicine administered...

Definitions

  1. Inside the veins; A dose of medicine administered...

Ancestry of “intravenous”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishintra-a prefix signifying inside, within, interior,...
2Latinintrawithin; inside; during; less than
3Latininterus—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énterosinside, within
5Proto-Indo-European-terosContrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix

Words derived from “intravenous”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -teros →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énteros →Every word from Latin interus →