The story
- Latin · derived fromfugere“to flee”
- English todaycerebrifugal
Words from the same roots
Latinfugere all →
thermifugine
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
cerebrifugal
Today it means: Applied to those nerve fibers, or veins, which go from the brain to the spinal cord, and so transfer cerebral impulses (centrifugal impressions) outwards. Full definition →
Latin fugere