Etymology

entorhinal

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Today it means: Of or relating to that part of the brain within the rhinal cortex, or to the entorhinal cortex. Full definition →

English rhinal ← Ancient Greek ἐντός (entós) ← Proto-Hellenic *entós
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éntos
  3. Proto-Hellenic*entós
  4. Ancient Greekἐντός (entós)
  5. Englishento-
  6. Englishrhinal
  7. English todayentorhinal

From ento- + rhinal.

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