Where does “peroneal” come from?
Peroneal comes from Latin peronaeus, from the Proto-Indo-European root per- meaning to pierce or pass through, extended with the suffix -eus and the Proto-Indo-European element pr̥tós.
peroneal (English): Pertaining to the fibula or to the part of the...
Definitions
- Pertaining to the fibula or to the part of the...
Ancestry of “peroneal”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | -ál | — |
| 2 | English | aldehyde | Any of a large class of reactive organic... |
| 3 | German | Aldehyd | aldehyde |
| 4 | Latin | alcohol | kohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder... |
| 5 | Andalusian Arabic | كُحُول | — |
| 6 | Arabic | كحل | antimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the... |
| 7 | Arabic | كُحْل | antimony; kohl, stibnite |
| 8 | Akkadian | guḫlum | — |
Words derived from “peroneal”