Etymograph

English

restis

Restis comes from Latin restis ‘rope, cord’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *(H)resg- ‘to weave, to plait’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(H)resg-‘to weave, to plait’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*resktisreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErestis‘rope, cord’
  4. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(H)resg-‘to weave, to plait’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*resktisreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErestis‘rope, cord’
  4. Englishtodaysame form

Today it means

noun Any of the restiform bodies on the dorsal side of the medulla oblongata.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(H)resg- / restis