Etymology

intracardiac

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Today it means: Inside the heart. Full definition →

English cardiac ← Middle French cardiaque ← Latin cardiacus
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁énteros
  3. Latin*interus
  4. Latinintrā
  5. Englishintra-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ḱerd-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ḱḗr
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ḱr̥díyeh₂
  9. Proto-Hellenic*kərdíyā
  10. Ancient Greekκᾰρδῐ́ᾱ (kărdĭ́ā)
  11. Ancient Greekκᾰρδῐᾰκός (kărdĭăkós)
  12. Latincardiacus
  13. Middle Frenchcardiaque
  14. Englishcardiac
  15. English todayintracardiac

From intra- + cardiac.

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