Etymology

clinicoanatomical

Today it means: clinical and anatomical Full definition →

English anatomical ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Latin anatomicus
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱel-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱley-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ḱl̥néyti
  4. Proto-Hellenic*klíňňō
  5. Ancient Greekκλῑ́νω (klī́nō)
  6. Ancient Greekκλῑ́νη (klī́nē)
  7. Ancient Greekκλῑνῐκός (klīnĭkós)
  8. Late Latinclīnicus
  9. Frenchclinique
  10. Englishclinic
  11. Englishclinico-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂en-
  13. Proto-Hellenic*aná
  14. Ancient Greekᾰ̓νᾰ́ (ănắ)
  15. Ancient Greekἀνα- (ana-)
  16. Proto-Indo-European*temh₁-
  17. Ancient Greekτέμνω (témnō)
  18. Ancient Greekἀνατέμνω (anatémnō)
  19. Ancient Greekἀνατομή (anatomḗ)
  20. Latinanatomia
  21. Frenchanatomie
  22. Frenchanatomique
  23. Latinanatomicus
  24. Englishanatomic
  25. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  26. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  27. Englishanatomical
  28. English todayclinicoanatomical

From clinico- + anatomical.

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