English
intraperitoneum
From intra- + peritoneum.
Formed from intra- + peritoneum
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’
Proto-Indo-European *h₁énteros ‘inside, within’
Latin *interus
Latin intrā ‘within’
English intra-
Proto-Indo-European *ten- ‘stretch’
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Ancient Greek περίτονος ‘covered with something stretched over’
Ancient Greek περιτόναιος ‘stretched or strained over’
Ancient Greek περιτόναιον ‘membrane which contains the lower viscera’
Latin peritonaeum
English peritoneum
Today it means
adj Within the peritoneum
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / intraperitoneum