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Where does “neuroanatomical” come from?

Neuroanatomical derives from English anatomical, from Latin anatomicus and anatomia meaning the cutting up of bodies, from Ancient Greek ἀνατομία and ἀνατομή formed from ἀνά and roots from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- and -eh₂.

neuroanatomical (English): Of or pertaining to neuroanatomy

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to neuroanatomy

Ancestry of “neuroanatomical”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishanatomicalOf or relating to anatomy or dissection
2EnglishanatomicOf or pertaining to anatomy and dissection, or to...
3Frenchanatomiqueanatomical
4Frenchanatomieanatomy; anatomy; dissection; dissection; study
5Latinanatomiaanatomy
6Ancient Greekἀνατομία—
7Ancient Greekἀνατομήa cutting up, especially of an animal or person,...
8Ancient GreekἀνατέμνωI cut up; to cut up
9Ancient GreekτέμνωI cut, hew; I maim, wound; I butcher, sacrifice
10Proto-Indo-European-né-Forms mostly transitive imperfective verbs from...

Words derived from “neuroanatomical”

  • neuroanatomically
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