Where does “transplacentary” come from?
transplacentary (English) comes from English placentary, from English placenta, from New Latin placenta uterina, from Latin placenta, from Ancient Greek πλακόεντα, from Ancient Greek πλακοῦς, from Ancient Greek πλακόεις, from Ancient Greek πλάξ — flat.
Ancestry of “transplacentary”, step by step
transplacentary traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English placentary
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | placentary | Relating to the placenta; The projecting line or... |
| 2 | English | placenta | A vascular organ in mammals, except monotremes... |
| 3 | New Latin | placenta uterina | uterine cake |
| 4 | Latin | placenta | a round phyllo cake with a ribbed base and a... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πλακόεντα | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πλακοῦς | flat cake |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πλακόεις | flat |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πλάξ | anything flat and broad |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | pləks | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₂- | flat |
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 |