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Where does “postganglionic” come from?

Postganglionic derives from English ganglion plus the English suffix -ic, with ganglion from French ganglion and ultimately Proto-Indo-European gel- meaning to ball up or form a lump.

postganglionic (English): Located distal or posterior to a ganglion

Definitions

  1. Located distal or posterior to a ganglion

Ancestry of “postganglionic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishganglionicOf, pertaining to, or composed of ganglia
2English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
3EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
4Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
5Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
6Spanishimagenimage
7Italianimmagineimage; imago
8Latinimāginem—
9Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
10Latinīn-—
11Latinîn—
12Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
13Proto-Italicenin
14Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
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