English
foraminal
Foraminal comes from Latin forāmen ‘opening, aperature, hole’, from forō ‘to pierce or bore’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰerH-‘to pierce’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEforō‘to pierce or bore’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEforāmen‘opening, aperature, hole’
- Englishearliest quotation 2015foraminal
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰerH-‘to pierce’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEforō‘to pierce or bore’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEforāmen‘opening, aperature, hole’
- Englishearliest quotation 2015foraminal
Earliest quotation: 2015, Masashi Uehara et al.: “Although the anterior operative approach is widely utilized for…”
Formed from -al
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- ‘to pierce’
brown, bone, boring, berry, interfere, bore, beaver, brunette, bruin, burnish, 11 more
Today it means
adj Relating to the foramen.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- / foraminal