Etymology

meninx

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Today it means: A membrane, especially one of the three membranes lining the skull and vertebral canal and enclosing the brain and spinal cord in vertebrates. Full definition →

New Latin mēninx ← Ancient Greek μῆνῐγξ
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromμῆνῐγξ“membrane of the eye; membrane enclosing the brain; eardrum”
  2. New Latin · borrowed frommēninx
  3. English todaymeninx

Borrowed from New Latin mēninx, from Ancient Greek μῆνῐγξ (mênĭnx, “membrane of the eye; membrane enclosing the brain; eardrum”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekμῆνῐγξ all →

meningitismeningomyelocele

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