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Where does “retinocollicular” come from?

retinocollicular (English) comes from English collicular, from English -ar, from Middle English -ar, from Old English -ere, from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios.

retinocollicular (English): Of, pertaining to, or connecting the retina and...

Definitions

  1. Of, pertaining to, or connecting the retina and...

Ancestry of “retinocollicular”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcollicularOf or relating to the colliculus
2English-arOf, near, or pertaining to; Forming nouns such as...
3Middle English-ar—
4Old English-eremasculine agent suffix, originally applied only...
5Proto-West Germanic-ārī-er
6Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
7Latin-ārius—
8Proto-Italic*-āzios—
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