Where does “ligament” come from?
ligament (Middle English) comes from Latin ligāmentum, from Latin -mentum, from Latin -menta, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.
ligament (Middle English): A ligament or similar connecting tissue e.g. a tendon
Definitions
- A ligament or similar connecting tissue e.g. a tendon
Ancestry of “ligament”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | ligāmentum | bandage |
| 2 | Latin | -mentum | instrument, medium, or result of; e.g.... |
| 3 | Latin | -menta | nominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |
Words derived from “ligament”
- ligament
- ligamentous
- capsuloligamentous
- ligamentary
- ligamentotaxis
- ligamental
- subligamentous
- intraligamentary
- musculoligamentous
- intraligamentous
- transligamentous
- extraligamentous
- ligamentomuscular
- tuboligamentous
- ligamentoplasty
- multiligament
- juxtaligamental
- preligamentous
- interligamentary
- interligamentous
- labroligamentous
- musculoligamental
- osteoligamentous
- periligamentous