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Where does “adrenale” come from?

adrenale (Italian) comes from Italian renale, from Late Latin renalis, from Latin renes, from Latin ren, from Proto-Italic hrēn, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰren- — soul, mind; mind; an internal part of the body.

adrenale (Italian): adrenal

Definitions

  1. adrenal

Ancestry of “adrenale”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianrenalerenal, kidney , of the kidneys
2Late Latinrenalisrelated to the kidneys; related to the kidneys;...
3Latinrenesnominative plural of rēn; accusative plural of...
4Latinrenkidney
5Proto-Italichrēn—
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰren-soul, mind; mind; an internal part of the body

Words derived from “adrenale”

  • adrenaline
  • adrenalectomia
  • adrenalina
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