embolus
Latin
noun
Definitions
- piston
- (Medieval Latin) alley, back street
- (New Latin) anything oblong that can be thrusted into something, peg, plug, rod
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔμβολος (stopper, peg, something thrown in).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ἔμβολος
Gloss
stopper, peg, something thrown in
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- atheroembolus English
- embolalia English
- emboliform English
- embolus English
- macroembolus English
- microembolus English
- thromboembolus English
- embolizar Spanish, Castilian
- émbolo Spanish, Castilian
- βάλλω Ancient Greek
- ἐμβάλλω Ancient Greek
- ἐν Ancient Greek
- ἔμβολος Ancient Greek