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Where does “rostromedulla” come from?

rostromedulla (English) comes from English medulla, from Latin medulla, from Latin medius, from Latin locus, from Old Latin stlocus, from Proto-Italic stlokos, from Proto-Indo-European stel- — to put, to place; to locate.

rostromedulla (English): rostral medulla

Definitions

  1. rostral medulla

Ancestry of “rostromedulla”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmedullaThe soft inner part of something, especially the...
2Latinmedullamarrow; vocative singular of medulla; ablative...
3Latinmediusmiddle; half; moderate
4Latinlocusplace, spot; a passage of literature; "in the...
5Old Latinstlocus—
6Proto-Italicstlokos—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate
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