Where does “transrectal” come from?

transrectal (English) comes from English rectal, from English rectum, from New Latin rectum, from Latin rectum, from Latin rectus, from Latin regere, from Latin rego, from Proto-Italic regō — to straighten, to right oneself; right; just.

transrectal (English): Through the rectum

Definitions

  1. Through the rectum

Ancestry of “transrectal”, step by step

transrectal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English rectal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrectalOf, via or related to the rectum; A rectal...
2EnglishrectumThe terminal part of the large intestine through...
3New Latinrectumaccusative supine of regō; nominative neuter...
4Latinrectumaccusative supine of regō; nominative neuter...
5Latinrectusruled, having been ruled, governed, having been...
6Latinregeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
7LatinregoI rule, govern; I guide, steer; I oversee, manage
8Proto-Italicregō
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃réǵetito be straightening, to be setting upright
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃reǵ-to straighten, to right oneself; right; just

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

Words derived from “transrectal

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃reǵ-
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