Where does “vagitus uterinus” come from?

vagitus uterinus (English) comes from Latin uterinus, from Latin uterus, from Proto-Indo-European úderos, from Proto-Indo-European úd-er-o-s, from Proto-Indo-European údteros, from Proto-Indo-European úd — out, outward.

vagitus uterinus (English): the crying of a foetus from within the uterus...

Definitions

  1. the crying of a foetus from within the uterus...

Ancestry of “vagitus uterinus”, step by step

vagitus uterinus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin uterinus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinuterinusuterine
2Latinuteruswomb, uterus; fetus, newborn; belly, paunch
3Proto-Indo-Europeanúderosabdomen, stomach
4Proto-Indo-Europeanúd-er-o-s—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanúdteroshigher, outer
6Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward

via Latin vāgītus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvāgītusa crying, wailing
2Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
3Proto-Italic-tus—
4Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European úd →