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meatus.

movement along line, course/path; progress; line followed; channel; passage-way;

6 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[meˈaː.tʊs]Classical-Latin[meˈaː.tus]

  1. a going, passing, motion, course

    declension-4

  2. a way, path, passage

    declension-4

  3. a way, path, passage the avenues of sensation in the body

    declension-4
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *mey-o- Proto-Italic *mejo- Latin meō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin meātus From meō (“to go, pass”) + -tus (action noun suffix).

verb[meˈaː.tʊs]Classical-Latin[meˈaː.tus]

  1. perfect passive participle of meō

    declension-1 · declension-2 · form-of · participle · passive · perfect
Where this word comes from

Perfect passive participle of meō (“to go, to pass”).

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