Where does “periorificial” come from?
periorificial (English) comes from English orificial, from English orifice, from Latin orificium, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr.
periorificial (English): Around the orifices of the body
Definitions
- Around the orifices of the body
Ancestry of “periorificial”, step by step
periorificial traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English orificial
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | orificial | Of or relating to the orifices of the body |
| 2 | English | orifice | A mouth or aperture, such as of a tube, pipe,... |
| 3 | Latin | orificium | opening, orifice |
| 4 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 5 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 6 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 7 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via English peri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | peri | A sprite or supernatural being |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | پری | fairy |
| 3 | Persian | پری | sprite or supernatural being in Iranian/Persian... |
| 4 | Persian | پر | full; feather; wing |
| 5 | Middle Persian | purr | — |
| 6 | Proto-Iranian | pr̥Hnáh | full, filled |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | pr̥Hnás | full, filled |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pl̥h₁nós | full |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |