Where does “periventricular” come from?
Periventricular derives from Ancient Greek περί (peri, "around") and Latin venter ("belly"), both tracing to Proto-Indo-European roots per- and wend-tri respectively.
periventricular (English): Surrounding a ventricle
Ancestry of “periventricular”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | peri | A sprite or supernatural being |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | پری | — |
| 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 |
Words derived from “periventricular”