Where does “transethmoidal” come from?
transethmoidal (English) comes from English ethmoidal, from English ethmoid, from French ethmoïde, from Ancient Greek ἠθμοειδής, from Ancient Greek -ειδής, from Ancient Greek -ής, from Proto-Indo-European -ēs, from Proto-Indo-European -ess — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
transethmoidal (English): Across the ethmoid bone
Definitions
- Across the ethmoid bone
Ancestry of “transethmoidal”, step by step
transethmoidal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ethmoidal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ethmoidal | ethmoid |
| 2 | English | ethmoid | A square bone at the root of the nose, forming... |
| 3 | French | ethmoïde | ethmoid |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἠθμοειδής | Like a strainer, perforated |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ειδής | like, connected to, from the nature of, full of;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ής | adjective suffix |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ēs | Primarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ess | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |
via English trans
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | trans | In a double bond in which the greater radical on... |
| 2 | English | transgender | Having a gender which is different from the sex... |
| 3 | English | gender | kind |
| 4 | Middle English | gender | — |
| 5 | Middle French | gendre | — |
| 6 | Latin | genus | birth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | genos | lineage, origin |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |