Where does “tronco del encéfalo” come from?
tronco del encéfalo (Spanish) comes from Spanish encéfalo, from English encephalon, from Ancient Greek ἐγκέφαλος, from Ancient Greek κεφαλή, from Latin Taxus, from Ancient Greek εἶδος, from Spanish -scopio, from Latin -scopium — to see, to look, to observe.
tronco del encéfalo (Spanish): brain stem
Definitions
- brain stem
Ancestry of “tronco del encéfalo”, step by step
tronco del encéfalo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish encéfalo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | encéfalo | cephalon; encephalon |
| 2 | English | encephalon | The area of central nervous system that includes... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἐγκέφαλος | inside the head; brain; heart of the date palm |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | κεφαλή | head; a person's life; the top-most part |
| 5 | Latin | Taxus | yew |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | εἶδος | That which is seen: form, image, shape;... |
| 7 | Spanish | -scopio | -scope |
| 8 | Latin | -scopium | — |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | σκοπέω | I look, look at, behold; I examine, inspect; 413... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | σκοπός | watcher, lookout; protector, guardian; spy, scout |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | σκέπτομαι | I look at, examine; I examine, consider, think |
| 12 | Proto-Hellenic | sképťomai | to look at |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | spéḱyeti | to be looking at, to keep looking at |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | speḱ- | to see, to look, to observe |