Where does “intraventricular” come from?
Intraventricular comes from English intra- and ventricular, ultimately from Latin intro meaning within, combined with Latin ventricularis relating to the belly or chamber.
intraventricular (English): In a ventricle
Ancestry of “intraventricular”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 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 |
Words derived from “intraventricular”