Where does “ventro-ventral” come from?

ventro-ventral (French) comes from French ventre, from Middle French ventre, from Old French ventre, from Latin venter, from Proto-Indo-European wend-tri.

ventro-ventral (French): ventroventral

Definitions

  1. ventroventral

Ancestry of “ventro-ventral”, step by step

ventro-ventral traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French ventre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchventrebelly; stomach; antinode
2Middle Frenchventrebelly; stomach
3Old Frenchventrebelly; stomach
4Latinventerbelly, abdomen; body, trunk; stomach
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwend-tri—

via French ventral

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchventralventral
2Latinventrālisventral; of or pertaining to the belly
3Latin-ālis—
4Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wend-tri →Every word from Latin venter →Every word from Old French ventre →