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Where does “medulla” come from?

Medulla comes from Latin medulla, derived from Latin medius, which traces to Proto-Indo-European médʰyos meaning middle.

medulla (English): The soft inner part of something, especially the...

Definitions

  1. The soft inner part of something, especially the...

Ancestry of “medulla”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmedullamarrow; vocative singular of medulla; ablative...
2Latinmediusmiddle; half; moderate
3Latinlocusplace, spot; a passage of literature; "in the...
4Old Latinstlocus—
5Proto-Italicstlokos—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate

Words derived from “medulla”

  • medullary
  • intramedullary
  • extramedullary
  • medulloblastoma
  • corticomedullary
  • cervicomedullary
  • pontomedullary
  • adrenomedullary
  • juxtamedullary
  • cerebellomedullary
  • nonmedullary
  • cephalomedullary
  • intermedullary
  • medullitis
  • cerebromedullary
  • rostromedulla
  • medullization
  • transmedulla
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