Etymology

retrodiscal

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Today it means: Behind an intervertebral disc. Full definition →

English discal ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← French disque
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Latinretrō
  4. Englishretro-
  5. Ancient Greekδίσκος (dískos)
  6. Latindiscu
  7. Frenchdisque
  8. Englishdisc
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  11. Englishdiscal
  12. English todayretrodiscal

From retro- + discal.

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