Where does “ventral” come from?

ventral (Romanian) comes from French ventral, from Latin ventrālis, from Latin venter, from Proto-Indo-European wend-tri.

ventral (Romanian): ventral

Definitions

  1. ventral

Ancestry of “ventral”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchventralventral
2Latinventrālisventral; of or pertaining to the belly
3Latinventerbelly, abdomen; body, trunk; stomach
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwend-tri—

Words derived from “ventral”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wend-tri →Every word from Latin venter →Every word from Latin ventrālis →
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