Where does “subgenual” come from?

subgenual (English) comes from English genual, from New Latin genuālis, from Latin genū, from Proto-Indo-European ǵónu — knee.

subgenual (English): Describing an area of the cerebral cortex of the...

Definitions

  1. Describing an area of the cerebral cortex of the...

Ancestry of “subgenual”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgenualOf or pertaining to a genu or to the knee
2New Latingenuālis—
3Latingenūa knee, kneejoint, kneepan
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵónuknee

Words derived from “subgenual”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵónu →Every word from Latin genū →Every word from New Latin genuālis →