Etymology

subthalamic

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Today it means: Of or pertaining to the subthalamus Full definition →

English thalamic ← Latin thalamus ← Ancient Greek θᾰ́λᾰμος (thắlămos)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  2. Proto-Italic*supo
  3. Latinsub
  4. Latinsub-
  5. Englishsub-
  6. Ancient Greekθᾰ́λᾰμος (thắlămos)
  7. Latinthalamus
  8. Englishthalamus
  9. Englishthalamic
  10. English todaysubthalamic

From sub- + thalamic.

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