Where does “peritoneu” come from?

peritoneu (Romanian) comes from French péritoine, from Late Latin peritonaeum, from Ancient Greek περιτόναιον, from Ancient Greek περιτόναιος, from Ancient Greek περίτονος, from Ancient Greek περῐ-, from New Latin helium, from Ancient Greek Ἥλιος — to push, to hit.

peritoneu (Romanian): peritoneum

Definitions

peritoneum

Ancestry of “peritoneu”, step by step

peritoneu traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via French péritoine

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	French	péritoine	peritoneum
2	Late Latin	peritonaeum	peritoneum
3	Ancient Greek	περιτόναιον	membrane which contains the lower viscera;...
4	Ancient Greek	περιτόναιος	stretched or strained over, especially of the...
5	Ancient Greek	περίτονος	covered with something stretched over
6	Ancient Greek	περῐ-	around; very; round about
7	New Latin	helium	helium
8	Ancient Greek	Ἥλιος	sun
9	Ancient Greek	τύπος	A blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,...
10	Ancient Greek	τύπτω	to beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself
11	Proto-Indo-European	(s)tewp-	to push, to stick
12	Proto-Indo-European	(s)tew-	to push, to hit

via Italian peritoneo

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Italian	peritoneo	peritoneum

via Latin peritonaeum

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	peritonaeum	peritoneum

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)tew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)tewp- →Every word from Ancient Greek τύπτω →