Where does “genito-urinar” come from?
genito-urinar (Romanian) comes from French génito-urinaire, from French urinaire, from French urine, from Middle French urine, from Old French orine, from Latin orīgō, from Latin -igo, from Proto-Italic agō — to drive.
genito-urinar (Romanian): genitourinary
Definitions
- genitourinary
Ancestry of “genito-urinar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | génito-urinaire | genitourinary |
| 2 | French | urinaire | urinary |
| 3 | French | urine | urine; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 4 | Middle French | urine | urine |
| 5 | Old French | orine | urine; breeding; heritage |
| 6 | Latin | orīgō | commencement act, event or process of coming into existence: beginning, origination |
| 7 | Latin | -igo | Enlargement of -ō; Suffixed to nouns and to... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | agō | drive; push, impel; do, act |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éǵeti | to be driving |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eǵ- | to drive |