English
subventricular
From sub- + ventricular.
A compound of sub- + ventricular
Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘up; from below’
Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’
Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’
English sub-
Proto-Indo-European *wend-tri-
New Latin venter ‘belly, stomach, womb’
New Latin ventriculus ‘belly, stomach, ventricle’
New Latin *ventricularis
English ventricular
Today it means
adj Describing the part of the adult mammalian brain containing the neural stem cells
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “subventricular”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / subventricular