English
ventricular
Ventricular comes from New Latin ventriculus ‘belly, stomach, ventricle’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *wend-tri-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wend-tri-root as named · steps between not traced
- New Latinc. 1500–1900venter‘belly, stomach, womb’
- New Latin, derivedc. 1500–1900ventriculus‘belly, stomach, ventricle’diminutive of venter
- New Latin, derivedc. 1500–1900*ventricularisreconstructed
- Englishearliest quotation 2015ventricular
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wend-tri-root as named · steps between not traced
- New Latinc. 1500–1900venter‘belly, stomach, womb’
- New Latin, derivedc. 1500–1900ventriculus‘belly, stomach, ventricle’diminutive of venter
- New Latin, derivedc. 1500–1900*ventricularisreconstructed
- Englishearliest quotation 2015ventricular
Earliest quotation: 2015, Jaime Samour, Avian Medicine: “Commonly indicated for treatment of sour crop (Fig. 11-11,…”.
Formed from ventricle + -ar
Proto-Indo-European *wend-tri-
Latin venter ‘the belly’
Latin ventriculus ‘the belly’
English ventricle
Linked words
through New Latin venter ‘belly, stomach, womb’
Today it means
adj Of or relating to a ventricle or ventriculus.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *wend-tri- / ventricular