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Where does “subcorneal” come from?

subcorneal (English) comes from English corneal, from English cornea, from Romanian Cornea, from Romanian -ea, from Latin -ella, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

subcorneal (English): Below the cornea

Definitions

  1. Below the cornea

Ancestry of “subcorneal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcornealOf or pertaining to the cornea
2EnglishcorneaThe transparent layer making up the outermost...
3RomanianCornea—
4Romanian-eaA suffix forming infinitives of many verbs; Used...
5Latin-ellainflection of -ellus: ## nominative/vocative...
6Latin-ellusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine...
7Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
8Proto-Italic-olos—
9Proto-Italic-elos—
10Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
11Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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