英语词汇uterine的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	uterine
词源	uterine adj. 1610s, "pertaining to the womb" (from early 15c. as "having the same birth-mother"), from Old French uterin, from Late Latin uterinus "pertaining to the womb," also "born of the same mother," from Latin uterus "womb" (see uterus). Entries linking to uterine uterus n. "female organ of gestation, womb," late 14c., from Latin uterus "womb, belly" (plural uteri), from PIE root *udero- "abdomen, womb, stomach" (source also of Sanskrit udaram "belly," Greek hystera "womb," Lithuanian vėderas "sausage, intestines, stomach, lower abdomen," Old Church Slavonic vedro "bucket, barrel," Russian vedro). intra-uterine adj. also intrauterine, 1820; see intra- "within" + uterine. updated on March 03, 2014
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uterine adj.