Where does “octavolateral” come from?
octavolateral (English) comes from English octavo, from Latin octavo, from Latin octavus, from Proto-Italic oktāwos, from Proto-Indo-European oḱtṓwos, from Proto-Indo-European oḱtṓw, from Proto-Indo-European aḱ- — sharp, pointed; sharp, pointed, edgy; sharp,...
octavolateral (English): octaval and lateral: Used exclusively to describe a structure in the brains of fishes, namely the medial octavolateral nucleus or the dorsal octavolateral nucleus, both analogus to the mammalian cerebellum
Definitions
- octaval and lateral: Used exclusively to describe a structure in the brains of fishes, namely the medial octavolateral nucleus or the dorsal octavolateral nucleus, both analogus to the mammalian cerebellum
Ancestry of “octavolateral”, step by step
octavolateral traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English octavo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | octavo | A sheet of paper 7 to 10 inches high and 4.5 to... |
| 2 | Latin | octavo | dative masculine singular of octāvus; dative... |
| 3 | Latin | octavus | eighth; the ordinal number between "septimus" and... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | oktāwos | eighth |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | oḱtṓwos | eighth |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | oḱtṓw | eight |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | aḱ- | sharp, pointed; sharp, pointed, edgy; sharp,... |