The story
- Latin · learned borrowing frommeātus“a going, passing; a way, path, passage”
- English todaymeatus
Learned borrowing from Latin meātus (“a going, passing; a way, path, passage”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
meatus
Today it means: A tubular opening or passage leading to the interior of the body. Full definition →
Latin meātus