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Where does “pubovisceral” come from?

pubovisceral (English) comes from English visceral, from Middle French viscéral, from Latin viscera, from Latin viscus, from Proto-Indo-European weys- — to raise, increase; to produce, procreate.

pubovisceral (English): Relating to, or connecting, the pubis and the...

Definitions

  1. Relating to, or connecting, the pubis and the...

Ancestry of “pubovisceral”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishvisceralOf or relating to the viscera—internal organs of...
2Middle Frenchviscéral—
3Latinvisceranominative plural of viscus; accusative plural of...
4LatinviscusAny internal organ of the body; entrails, viscera
5Proto-Indo-Europeanweys-to raise, increase; to produce, procreate
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