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Where does “supramedullar” come from?

supramedullar (English) comes from English medullar, from French médullaire, from French médulla, from Latin medulla, from Latin medius, from Latin locus, from Old Latin stlocus, from Proto-Italic stlokos — to put, to place; to locate.

supramedullar (English): Above a medulla

Definitions

  1. Above a medulla

Ancestry of “supramedullar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmedullarAlternative form of medullary
2Frenchmédullairemedullary
3Frenchmédullamedulla
4Latinmedullamarrow; vocative singular of medulla; ablative...
5Latinmediusmiddle; half; moderate
6Latinlocusplace, spot; a passage of literature; "in the...
7Old Latinstlocus—
8Proto-Italicstlokos—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate
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