Where does “posteroventricular” come from?

posteroventricular (English) comes from English ventricular, from New Latin ventricularis, from Latin ventriculus, from Latin -culus, from Proto-Italic *-kelos — Diminutive suffix.

posteroventricular (English): posterior and ventricular

Definitions

  1. posterior and ventricular

Ancestry of “posteroventricular”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishventricularOf or relating to a ventricle or ventriculus
2New Latinventricularisventricular
3Latinventriculusbelly; stomach; ventricle
4Latin-culusAlternative form of -ulus; added to a noun to...
5Proto-Italic*-kelosDiminutive suffix
Every word from Proto-Italic *-kelosEvery word from Latin -culusEvery word from Latin ventriculus
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