Where does “rectocolonic” come from?

rectocolonic (English) comes from English colonic, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen, from Italian immagine, from Latin imāginem — in.

rectocolonic (English): Relating to the rectum and colon

Definitions

  1. Relating to the rectum and colon

Ancestry of “rectocolonic”, step by step

rectocolonic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English colonic

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcolonicOf, relating to, affecting or within the colon;...
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-un-, non-, not
11Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
12Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
13Proto-Italicenin
14Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via English recto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrectoThe front side of a flat object which is to be...
2Latinrectodirectly; dative masculine singular of rēctus;...
3Latinrēctusled straight along, drawn in a straight line, straight, upright
4Latinregōto rule, govern, direct
5Proto-Italicregō
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃réǵetito be straightening, to be setting upright
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃reǵ-to straighten, to right oneself; right; just
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én