Peritoneum meaning
Origin of peritoneum
- Middle English from Late Latin peritonaeum from Greek peritonaion from peritonaios stretched across from peritonos stretched around peri- peri- teinein to stretch ten- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Ancient Greek πεÏί- (peri, “around") + τόνος (tonos, “stretch") + -αιος (-aios, “suffix to form an adjective").
From Wiktionary