Where does “neuroforaminal” come from?

neuroforaminal (English) comes from English foraminal, from Latin forāmen, from Latin -men, from Proto-Italic *-mn̥.

neuroforaminal (English): Relating to a neuroforamen

Definitions

  1. Relating to a neuroforamen

Ancestry of “neuroforaminal”, step by step

neuroforaminal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English foraminal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishforaminalRelating to the foramen
2Latinforāmenan opening or aperture produced by boring; a hole
3Latin-menforms neuter nouns of the third declension
4Proto-Italic*-mn̥

via English neuro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishneuroNeurologist; Neurology
Every word from Proto-Italic *-mn̥Every word from Latin -menEvery word from Latin forāmen
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