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Where does “multifidus” come from?

multifidus (English) comes from Latin -fidus, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

multifidus (English): A thin muscle consisting of a number of fleshy...

Definitions

  1. A thin muscle consisting of a number of fleshy...

Ancestry of “multifidus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-fidus—
2Latin-ussuffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
3Old Latin-osaccusative masculine plural of -us
4Proto-Italic-os—
5Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
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