Etymology

percutaneous

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Today it means: Taking place through the skin and involving a puncture thereof. Full definition →

English cutaneous ← Latin per- ← Proto-Italic *peri-
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  3. Proto-Italic*per
  4. Latinper
  5. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  6. Proto-Italic*peri-
  7. Latinper-
  8. Englishper-
  9. Englishcutaneous
  10. English todaypercutaneous

From per- + cutaneous.

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