English
ventrum
Ventrum comes from Latin venter ‘belly’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *wend-tri-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wend-tri-reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEventer‘belly’
- Englishtodayventrum
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wend-tri-reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEventer‘belly’
- Englishtodayventrum
The story
Ultimately from Latin venter (‘belly’), with the ending possibly changed by backformation from ventral and/or by analogy to dorsum (‘back’).
Linked words
through Latin venter ‘belly’
Today it means
noun abdomen, belly (especially of an animal)
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *wend-tri- / ventrum