Where does “popliteocrural” come from?

popliteocrural (English) comes from English crural, from Latin crūrālis, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.

popliteocrural (English): Relating to the popliteus and the leg

Definitions

  1. Relating to the popliteus and the leg

Ancestry of “popliteocrural”, step by step

popliteocrural traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English crural

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcruralPertaining to the leg; Leg-like in shape or...
2LatincrūrālisOf or pertaining to the leg; crural
3Latin-ālis—
4Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives

via English popliteo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishpopliteo—
Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →Every word from Latin -ālis →Every word from Latin crūrālis →