Where does “abdomen” come from?
abdomen (Romanian) comes from Latin abdomen, from Latin abdō, from Latin -dō, from Proto-Germanic -dô, from Sicilian di, from Latin dē, from Latin post, from Latin poste — afterwards, post; by, at.
abdomen (Romanian): abdomen, belly
Ancestry of “abdomen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | abdomen | belly, abdomen; gluttony |
| 2 | Latin | abdō | — |
| 3 | Latin | -dō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -dô | — |
| 5 | Sicilian | di | — |
| 6 | Latin | dē | — |
| 7 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 8 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | posti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |