Where does “microcornea” come from?
microcornea (English) comes from English cornea, from Romanian Cornea, from Romanian -ea, from Latin -ella, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
microcornea (English): A congenital defect of the eye in which the...
Definitions
- A congenital defect of the eye in which the...
Ancestry of “microcornea”, step by step
microcornea traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English cornea
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cornea | The transparent layer making up the outermost... |
| 2 | Romanian | Cornea | — |
| 3 | Romanian | -ea | A suffix forming infinitives of many verbs; Used... |
| 4 | Latin | -ella | inflection of -ellus: ## nominative/vocative... |
| 5 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 6 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |