Where does “meatus” come from?

Meatus comes from Latin meatus, derived from Latin meo, which traces to Proto-Indo-European mey- and Proto-Italic meos.

meatus (English): A tubular opening or passage in the body

Definitions

  1. A tubular opening or passage in the body

Ancestry of “meatus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmeatusmovement, course; a path, passage; gone, passed,...
2LatinmeoI go along, pass or traverse; dative masculine...
3Latinmeusmy, mine
4Proto-Italicmeosmy

Words derived from “meatus”

Every word from Proto-Italic meos →Every word from Latin meus →Every word from Latin meo →