Etymology Explorer › French

Where does “discal” come from?

discal (French) comes from French disque, from Latin discus, from Proto-Italic diskō, from Proto-Italic dikskō, from Proto-Indo-European di-dḱ-ské-ti, from Proto-Indo-European deḱ- — take; perceive.

discal (French): relating to disk in the spine

Definitions

  1. relating to disk in the spine

Ancestry of “discal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdisquedisc
2Latindiscusa discus, quoit; a dish shaped like a discus;...
3Proto-Italicdiskōlearn
4Proto-Italicdikskō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeandi-dḱ-ské-ti—
6Proto-Indo-Europeandeḱ-take; perceive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European deḱ- →