Where does “vertebral” come from?

Vertebral comes from English vertebra, from Latin vertere meaning to turn, from Proto-Indo-European wer- with the same sense.

vertebral (English): of or relating to a vertebra or the spine; having...

Definitions

  1. of or relating to a vertebra or the spine; having...

Ancestry of “vertebral”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-álOf or pertaining to. Adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to produce an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also
2EnglishaldehydeAny of a large class of reactive organic...
3GermanAldehydaldehyde
4Latinalcoholkohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder...
5Andalusian Arabicكُحُول
6Arabicكحلantimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the...
7Arabicكُحْلantimony; kohl, stibnite
8Akkadianguḫlumkohl, antimony paste

Words derived from “vertebral

Every word from Akkadian guḫlum