Where does “visceropericardial” come from?

visceropericardial (English) comes from English viscero-, from Latin viscera, from Latin viscus, from Proto-Indo-European weys- — to raise, increase; to produce, procreate.

visceropericardial (English): Relating to the viscera and the pericardium

Definitions

  1. Relating to the viscera and the pericardium

Ancestry of “visceropericardial”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishviscero-viscera
2Latinvisceranominative plural of viscus; accusative plural of...
3LatinviscusAny internal organ of the body; entrails, viscera
4Proto-Indo-Europeanweys-to raise, increase; to produce, procreate
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weys- →Every word from Latin viscus →Every word from Latin viscera →
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