Where does “retroperitoneal” come from?
retroperitoneal (Spanish) comes from Spanish peritoneal, from Spanish peritoneo, from Late Latin peritonaeum, from Ancient Greek περιτόναιον, from Ancient Greek περιτόναιος, from Ancient Greek περίτονος, from Ancient Greek περῐ-, from New Latin helium — to push, to hit.
retroperitoneal (Spanish): retroperitoneal
Ancestry of “retroperitoneal”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | peritoneal | peritoneal |
| 2 | Spanish | peritoneo | peritoneum |
| 3 | Late Latin | peritonaeum | peritoneum |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | περιτόναιον | membrane which contains the lower viscera;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | περιτόναιος | stretched or strained over, especially of the... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | περίτονος | covered with something stretched over |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | περῐ- | around; very; round about |
| 8 | New Latin | helium | helium |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | Ἥλιος | sun |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | τύπος | A blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,... |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | τύπτω | to beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewp- | to push, to stick |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |