Etymology

transdermal

T1R1A1N1S1D2E1R1M3A1L1

Today it means: Through the unbroken skin (as for example with measurements of blood glucose level with an optical glucometer using photometry or of oxygen saturation via pulse oximetry). Full definition →

English dermal ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Latin trans-
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*terh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*térh₂t
  3. Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂ónts
  4. Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂n̥ts
  5. Proto-Italic*trāns
  6. Proto-Italic*trāns-
  7. Latintrans-
  8. Englishtrans-
  9. Englishderm
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  12. Englishdermal
  13. English todaytransdermal

From trans- + dermal.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.