Where does “parietal bone” come from?

parietal bone (English) comes from Latin parietālis, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.

parietal bone (English): Either of two bones that together form the sides...

Definitions

  1. Either of two bones that together form the sides...

Ancestry of “parietal bone”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinparietālisparietal
2Latin-ālis—
3Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives
Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →Every word from Latin -ālis →Every word from Latin parietālis →