Etymology

abambulacral

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Today it means: Facing away from or opposite to the ambulacrum of an echinoderm. Full definition →

English ambulacral ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Latin ambulacrum
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
  3. Proto-Italic*ap
  4. Latinab
  5. Latinab-
  6. Englishab-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts?
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂m̥bʰí
  10. Proto-Italic*amβi-
  11. Latinambi-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂elh₂-
  13. Proto-Italic*alō
  14. Latin*alō
  15. Latinambulō
  16. Latinambulacrum
  17. Englishambulacrum
  18. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  19. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  20. Englishambulacral
  21. English todayabambulacral

From ab- + ambulacral.

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