Where does “supratentorial” come from?
supratentorial (English) comes from English tentorial, from English tentorium, from Latin tentorium, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr.
supratentorial (English): Above the tentorium of the brain; All in the...
Definitions
- Above the tentorium of the brain; All in the...
Ancestry of “supratentorial”, step by step
supratentorial traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English tentorial
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tentorial | Of or pertaining to the tentorium |
| 2 | English | tentorium | The framework of internal supports within an... |
| 3 | Latin | tentorium | tent |
| 4 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 5 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 6 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |