Thalamos
/ˈθæl.ə.mɒs/noun
In Greek antiquity, a bridal chamber or inner room; in modern scientific usage, a central part of the brain.
Did you know?Greek thálamos could mean a marriage chamber, a bedchamber, or an inner storage room, and its descendant lives on in modern anatomy as the thalamus, the brain’s central relay station.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*dʰem-
“to put, place, set”
Ancient Greek
Greek
θάλαμος (thálamos)
“an inner chamber, bridal chamber, or bedchamber”
Late Latin
Latin
thalamus
“a chamber or bridal room”
Old French
French
thalamus
“a chamber; later used in learned scientific borrowing”
Modern English
English
thalamus
“the paired brain structure that relays sensory and motor signals”