uterine etymology

English word uterine comes from Proto-Indo-European *úderos (Abdomen, stomach.)

Detailed word origin of uterine

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
*úderos Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) Abdomen, stomach.
*uderos Proto-Italic (itc-pro)
uterus Latin (lat) (anatomy) womb, uterus. Belly, paunch. Fetus, newborn.
utérus French (fra) Uterus, womb.
uterinus Late Latin (LL)
utérin Middle French (frm)
uterine English (eng) Born of the same mother.. Of or pertaining to the uterus.

Words with the same origin as uterine

Descendants of *úderos
corpus uteri uterus