Where does “ventricular” come from?
ventricular (Romanian) comes from French ventriculaire, from French ventricule, from Latin ventriculus, from Latin -culus, from Proto-Italic *-kelos — Diminutive suffix.
ventricular (Romanian): ventricular
Definitions
- ventricular
Ancestry of “ventricular”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | ventriculaire | ventricular |
| 2 | French | ventricule | ventricle |
| 3 | Latin | ventriculus | belly; stomach; ventricle |
| 4 | Latin | -culus | Alternative form of -ulus; added to a noun to... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *-kelos | Diminutive suffix |