Where does “triventricular” come from?

triventricular (English) comes from English ventricular, from New Latin ventricularis, from Latin ventriculus, from Latin -culus, from Proto-Italic *-kelos — Diminutive suffix.

triventricular (English): Relating to three ventricles

Definitions

  1. Relating to three ventricles

Ancestry of “triventricular”, step by step

triventricular traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English ventricular

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishventricularOf or relating to a ventricle or ventriculus
2New Latinventricularisventricular
3Latinventriculusbelly; stomach; ventricle
4Latin-culusAlternative form of -ulus; added to a noun to...
5Proto-Italic*-kelosDiminutive suffix

via English tri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishtritriathlon; triangle
2Proto-Indo-Europeantréyesthree
Every word from Proto-Italic *-kelosEvery word from Latin -culusEvery word from Latin ventriculus