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Where does “fovea” come from?

fovea (Latin) comes from Proto-Indo-European bʰow- — pit, hole.

fovea (Latin): pit, hole in the ground; snare, pitfall

Definitions

  1. pit, hole in the ground; snare, pitfall

Ancestry of “fovea”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰow-pit, hole

Words derived from “fovea”

  • fovea
  • foveal
  • subfoveal
  • parafoveal
  • foveola
  • foveolar
  • extrafoveal
  • foveate
  • perifoveal
  • parafovea
  • interfoveolar
  • foveally
  • afoveate
  • parafoveally
  • perifovea
  • circumfoveal
  • subfovea
  • nonfoveate
  • foveole
  • refoveate
  • intrafoveal
  • interfoveal
  • fovealis
  • hoyuelo
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