Where does “parietal” come from?
Parietal comes from Latin parietalis, formed from Latin pariēs (wall) plus the suffix -alis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -li-.
parietal (English): Of or relating to the wall of a body part, organ...
Definitions
- Of or relating to the wall of a body part, organ...
Ancestry of “parietal”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | parietālis | parietal |
| 2 | Latin | -ālis | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | -ālis | forms relational adjectives |
Words derived from “parietal”
- intraparietal
- temporoparietal
- frontoparietal
- biparietal
- occipitoparietal
- interparietal
- centroparietal
- parietally
- visceroparietal
- transparietal
- postparietal
- posteroparietal
- epiparietal
- antiparietal
- capsuloparietal
- dorsoparietal
- extraparietal
- inferoparietal
- lateroparietal
- medioparietal
- preparietal
- sphenoparietal
- squamosoparietal
- subparietal