pu·ta·men 
(py-tāmən)
(py-tāmən)n. pl. pu·tam·i·na (-tămə-nə)
1. The hard endocarp of certain fruits; pyrene.
2. The reddish, outermost, and largest of the three portions into which the lentiform nucleus of the brain is divided.
[Latin putāmen, that which falls off in pruning, shell, husk, from putāre, to prune; see pau-2 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
putamenof a peach
- Indo-European root: mē-
- Indo-European root: mūs-
- Indo-European root: nas-
- Indo-European root: ne
- Indo-European root: nebh-
- Indo-European root: ned-
- Indo-European root: nek-
- Indo-European root: nek-
- Indo-European root: nekw-t-
- Indo-European root: nem-
- Indo-European root: nepōt-
- Indo-European root: ner-
- Indo-European root: ner-
- Indo-European root: nes-
- Indo-European root: nes-
- Indo-European root: neu-
- Indo-European root: newn̥
- Indo-European root: newo-
- Indo-European root: nobh-
- Indo-European root: nogh-
- Indo-European root: nogw-
- Indo-European root: nu-
- Indo-European root: nāu-
- Indo-European root: nō̆-men-
- Indo-European root: n̥dher-