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Where does “artaire” come from?

artaire (Old French) comes from Latin artēria, from Ancient Greek ἀρτηρία, from Ancient Greek ἀείρω, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wer-, from Proto-Indo-European wēr-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

artaire (Old French): artery

Definitions

  1. artery

Ancestry of “artaire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinartēria—
2Ancient Greekἀρτηρίαartery; windpipe, trachea; bronchi
3Ancient Greekἀείρωto lift up, raise, support; to bear, sustain; to...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂wer-to lift up; to moisten; to flow; to raise, hang
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwēr-true
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

Words derived from “artaire”

  • artery
  • arterial
  • aa
  • arteritis
  • arteriole
  • arteriolar
  • polyarteritis
  • intraarterial
  • transarterial
  • ventriculoarterial
  • arterially
  • arteritic
  • periarteritis
  • arterialization
  • periarterial
  • nonarteritic
  • periarteriolar
  • aortoarteritis
  • intraarterially
  • vertebrarterial
  • hyparterial
  • eparterial
  • metarteriole
  • arterialize
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