Where does “microvascular” come from?
Microvascular combines micro- from Ancient Greek μικρός meaning small with vascular from Latin vas meaning vessel, modified by the adjectival suffix -aris.
microvascular (English): Of or pertaining to extremely small blood vessels
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to extremely small blood vessels
Ancestry of “microvascular”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | vascular | Relating to the flow of fluids, such as blood,... |
| 2 | New Latin | vascularis | vascular |
| 3 | Latin | vāsculum | a small vessel or container |
| 4 | Latin | -culum | nominative neuter singular of -culus; accusative... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -klom | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tlom | Alternative form of *-trom |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |