Where does “meningitis” come from?

meningitis (Catalan) comes from Catalan -itis, from New Latin -ītis, from Ancient Greek -ῖτις — female equivalent of -ίτης.

meningitis (Catalan): meningitis

Definitions

  1. meningitis

Ancestry of “meningitis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalan-itisitis
2New Latin-ītis—
3Ancient Greek-ῖτιςfemale equivalent of -ίτης
Every word from Ancient Greek -ῖτις →Every word from Catalan -itis →Every word from New Latin -ītis →