Where does “transforaminal” come from?

transforaminal (English) comes from English trans, from English transgender, from English gender, from Middle English gender, from Middle French gendre, from Latin genus, from Proto-Italic genos, from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁os — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

transforaminal (English): Through the foramen

Definitions

  1. Through the foramen

Ancestry of “transforaminal”, step by step

transforaminal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English trans

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtransIn a double bond in which the greater radical on...
2EnglishtransgenderHaving a gender which is different from the sex...
3Englishgenderkind
4Middle Englishgender
5Middle Frenchgendre
6Latingenusbirth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,...
7Proto-Italicgenoslineage, origin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁osrace, lineage
9Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

via English foraminal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishforaminalRelating to the foramen
2Latinforāmenan opening or aperture produced by boring; a hole
3Latin-menforms neuter nouns of the third declension
4Proto-Italic*-mn̥
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁-