Where does “radioulnar” come from?
Radioulnar comes from English ulna combined with the Latin suffix -arius, ultimately deriving from Proto-Indo-European Heh₃l-.
radioulnar (English): Relating to the radius and ulna; relating to a...
Definitions
- Relating to the radius and ulna; relating to a...
Ancestry of “radioulnar”, step by step
radioulnar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English radio
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | radio | The technology that allows for the transmission... |
| 2 | English | radiotelegraphy | The process and techniques of sending telegrams... |
| 3 | English | telegraphy | communication at a distance by means of the... |
| 4 | English | Telegraph | any process for transmitting arbitrarily long messages over a long distance using a symbolic code |
| 5 | French | télégraphe | telegraph |
| 6 | French | télé- | tele- |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | τῆλε | far off, afar, far away |
| 8 | Latin | commūnicāre | — |
| 9 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 10 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 15 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 16 | Middle Dutch | kitte | a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden... |
via English ulnar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ulnar | Of or pertaining to the ulna, or the elbow |
| 2 | English | ār | An AR-15 personal semi-automatic rifle, M-16 assault rifle, M-4 carbine, derivative or related gun; the Armalite AR family and derivatives |
| 3 | Middle English | ar | Alternative form of here |
| 4 | Middle English | er | Alternative form of hire; Alternative form of... |
| 5 | Old English | ǣr | ere, before |
| 6 | Old English | dēaþ | death |
| 7 | Old English | wīc | dwelling place, abode; abode, dwelling-place;... |
| 8 | German | witz | joke |
| 9 | Middle High German | witz | — |
| 10 | Old High German | wizzi | — |
| 11 | Proto-West Germanic | wītī | punishment |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | witją | knowledge; reason; sense; understanding; wit |
| 13 | Proto-Germanic | *witaną | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | wóyde | to have seen, to know |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |