English
tegmental
From tegmentum + -al.
A compound of tegmentum + -al
Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- ‘to cover’
Proto-Italic *tegō ‘to cover’
Latin tegere ‘to cover, clothe’
Latin tegumentum ‘cover, covering’
English tegmentum
Today it means
adj Of or pertaining to tegmentum, or the ventral portion of the mesencephalon.
Sources
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