Where does “sulcus” come from?

Sulcus comes from Latin sulcus, derived from Proto-Indo-European selk-, meaning to furrow or plow, from the same root selk-.

sulcus (English): A furrow or groove in an organ or a tissue; Any...

Definitions

  1. A furrow or groove in an organ or a tissue; Any...

Ancestry of “sulcus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsulcusfurrow; ploughing
2Proto-Italicsolkos—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanselk-to pull, drag; to drag, to furrow; to pull, draw

Words derived from “sulcus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European selk- →Every word from Proto-Italic solkos →Every word from Latin sulcus →