Where does “juxtafoveal” come from?

juxtafoveal (English) comes from English foveal, from Latin fovealis, from Latin Fovea, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōw- — to inflate, swell; to swell, grow, thrive, be,...

juxtafoveal (English): Alongside the fovea

Definitions

  1. Alongside the fovea

Ancestry of “juxtafoveal”, step by step

juxtafoveal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English foveal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfovealOf or pertaining to the fovea
2Latinfovealisof or pertaining to an ore-pit or ore-pits
3LatinFoveasmall pit
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōw-to inflate, swell; to swell, grow, thrive, be,...

via English juxta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishjuxtaIn males of most species of order Lepidoptera, an...
2Latiniuxtānearly, nigh
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōw- →Every word from Latin Fovea →Every word from Latin fovealis →