Where does “rectovaginal” come from?

rectovaginal (English) comes from English vaginal, from English -ál, from English aldehyde, from German Aldehyd, from Latin alcohol, from Andalusian Arabic كُحُول, from Arabic كحل, from Arabic كُحْل — kohl, antimony paste.

rectovaginal (English): Of or pertaining to the rectum and the vagina, as...

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to the rectum and the vagina, as...

Ancestry of “rectovaginal”, step by step

rectovaginal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English vaginal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishvaginalOf, relating to, or affecting the vagina
2English-álOf or pertaining to. Adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to produce an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also
3EnglishaldehydeAny of a large class of reactive organic...
4GermanAldehydaldehyde
5Latinalcoholkohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder...
6Andalusian Arabicكُحُول
7Arabicكحلantimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the...
8Arabicكُحْلantimony; kohl, stibnite
9Akkadianguḫlumkohl, antimony paste

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 Akkadian guḫlum