432: Ventriloquist Feb 13, 2016

'Ventral', like the fin of a fish, comes from the Latin 'venter' meaning ‘belly’. That Latin word did not only give English, 'ventral', but becuase of the patter of that word, 'distal', which is from 'distant', but used for anatomical situations, such as 'distal fin'. More directly, 'ventriloquist' comes from the modern Latin 'ventriloquium' which broken down means, 'venter' or ‘belly’ and 'loqui' which means to 'talk'.