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Where does “sternum” come from?

sternum (Latin) comes from Ancient Greek στέρνον, from Proto-Indo-European stern- — forehead, chest, side.

Ancestry of “sternum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekστέρνονbreast, chest; seat of the affections, heart;...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanstern-forehead, chest, side

Words derived from “sternum”

  • sternum
  • sternal
  • parasternal
  • substernal
  • suprasternal
  • sterna
  • retrosternal
  • transsternal
  • presternum
  • metasternum
  • midsternal
  • mesosternum
  • presternal
  • episternum
  • infrasternal
  • asternal
  • metasternal
  • chondrosternal
  • sternally
  • mesosternal
  • vertebrosternal
  • proepisternum
  • omosternum
  • intersternal
Every word from Proto-Indo-European stern- →