Etymology

neostriatum

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Today it means: That part of the corpus striatum that is more recently developed Full definition →

English striatum ← Ancient Greek νεο- (neo-) ← Proto-Hellenic *néwos
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*nu
  2. Proto-Indo-European*néwos
  3. Proto-Hellenic*néwos
  4. Ancient Greekνέος (néos)
  5. Ancient Greekνεο- (neo-)
  6. Englishneo-
  7. Englishstriatum
  8. English todayneostriatum

From neo- + striatum.

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