Where does “tibial” come from?

Tibial comes from Latin tibialis, formed from tibia with the adjectival suffix -alis, both elements ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European -li-.

tibial (English): Of or pertaining to a tibia or a structure...

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to a tibia or a structure...

Ancestry of “tibial”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintibialistibial; of or pertaining to the tibia
2Latin-ālis
3Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives

Words derived from “tibial

Every word from Proto-Italic -ālisEvery word from Latin -ālisEvery word from Latin tibialis
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