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Where does “génito-urinaire” come from?

génito-urinaire (French) comes from French urinaire, from French urine, from Middle French urine, from Old French orine, from Latin orīgō, from Latin -igo, from Proto-Italic agō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti — to drive.

génito-urinaire (French): genitourinary

Definitions

  1. genitourinary

Ancestry of “génito-urinaire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchurinaireurinary
2Frenchurineurine; first-person singular present indicative...
3Middle Frenchurineurine
4Old Frenchorineurine; breeding; heritage
5Latinorīgō—
6Latin-igoEnlargement of -ō; Suffixed to nouns and to...
7Proto-Italicagōdrive; push, impel; do, act
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éǵetito be driving
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive
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