Where does “mesosternal” come from?

mesosternal (English) comes from English sternal, from English -ál, from English aldehyde, from German Aldehyd, from Latin alcohol, from Andalusian Arabic كُحُول, from Arabic كحل, from Arabic كُحْل — kohl, antimony paste.

mesosternal (English): Of or pertaining to the mesosternum

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to the mesosternum

Ancestry of “mesosternal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsternalOf, relating to, or near the sternum
2English-álOf or pertaining to. Adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to produce an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also
3EnglishaldehydeAny of a large class of reactive organic...
4GermanAldehydaldehyde
5Latinalcoholkohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder...
6Andalusian Arabicكُحُول
7Arabicكحلantimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the...
8Arabicكُحْلantimony; kohl, stibnite
9Akkadianguḫlumkohl, antimony paste
Every word from Akkadian guḫlum
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