Where does “percutaneous” come from?
Percutaneous comes from Latin per and Latin cutis, skin, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewH-.
percutaneous (English): Taking place through the skin
Definitions
- Taking place through the skin
Ancestry of “percutaneous”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | per- | In verbs: denoting the sense "through", as in... |
| 2 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 3 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 4 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 5 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 6 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |