Where does “transurethral” come from?
transurethral (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.
transurethral (English): performed through the urethra
Definitions
- performed through the urethra
Ancestry of “transurethral”, step by step
transurethral 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 urethral
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | urethral | Pertaining to the urethra |
| 2 | English | urethra | The tube through which urine exits the body and,... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | οὐρήθρα | urethra; sewage tank |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | οὐρέω | I make water, urinate; I pass with the water; I... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -έω | Used to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |