Where does “transtrochanteric” come from?
transtrochanteric (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.
transtrochanteric (English): Across a trochanter
Definitions
- Across a trochanter
Ancestry of “transtrochanteric”, step by step
transtrochanteric traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via English trochanteric
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | trochanteric | Of or pertaining to the trochanter of the femur |
| 2 | English | trochanter | In vertebrates with legs, the end of the femur... |
| 3 | French | trochanter | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | τροχαντήρ | trochanter, i.e. either of two processes at the... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | τροχάζω | to run quickly |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | τροχός | wheel; hoop, ring; island |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰrogʰos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰreǵʰ- | to drag, draw, pull; to draw, drag |