Where does “autoimmune” come from?
autoimmune (Catalan) comes from Catalan immune, from Latin immūnis, from Latin in- -is, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
autoimmune (Catalan): autoimmune
Definitions
- autoimmune
Ancestry of “autoimmune”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | immune | immune |
| 2 | Latin | immūnis | free or exempt from taxes, public service, or penalty (+ ablative) |
| 3 | Latin | in- -is | less, without, lacking |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |