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Where does “ventricle” come from?

Ventricle comes from French ventricule, from Latin ventriculus, a diminutive of Latin venter meaning belly, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European wend-tri.

ventricle (English): Any small cavity within a body; a hollow part or...

Definitions

  1. Any small cavity within a body; a hollow part or...

Ancestry of “ventricle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinventriculusbelly; stomach; ventricle
2Latin-culusAlternative form of -ulus; added to a noun to...
3Proto-Italic*-kelos—

Words derived from “ventricle”

  • midventricle
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