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Where does “subdurally” come from?

subdurally (English) comes from English subdural, from English dural, from English -ál, from English aldehyde, from German Aldehyd, from Latin alcohol, from Andalusian Arabic كُحُول, from Arabic كحل.

subdurally (English): Beneath the dura mater and above the meninges

Definitions

  1. Beneath the dura mater and above the meninges

Ancestry of “subdurally”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishsubdurallocated beneath the dura mater and above the...
2EnglishduralRelating to the dura mater; Synonym of duralumin
3English-ál—
4EnglishaldehydeAny of a large class of reactive organic...
5GermanAldehydaldehyde
6Latinalcoholkohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder...
7Andalusian Arabicكُحُول—
8Arabicكحلantimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the...
9Arabicكُحْلantimony; kohl, stibnite
10Akkadianguḫlum—
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