Where does “tisis” come from?

tisis (Cebuano) comes from Spanish tisis, from Latin phthisis, from Ancient Greek φθίσις, from Proto-Hellenic kʷʰtʰítis, from Proto-Indo-European dʰgʷʰítis, from Proto-Indo-European dʰgʷʰey- — to decline; to perish.

tisis (Cebuano): tuberculosis; thesis

Definitions

  1. tuberculosis; thesis

Ancestry of “tisis”, step by step

tisis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish tisis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishtisistuberculosis, phthisis
2Latinphthisisconsumption, phthisis, tuberculosis
3Ancient Greekφθίσιςdecline, decay
4Proto-Hellenickʷʰtʰítis—
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰgʷʰítisdecay; destruction; perishing, destruction,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰgʷʰey-to decline; to perish

via English thesis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishthesisSenses relating to logic, rhetoric, etc; Senses...
2Latinthēsisthesis
3Ancient Greekθέσιςa setting, placement, arrangement; deposit;...
4Ancient GreekτίθημιI put, place, set; I make, cause to be; I make
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

Words derived from “tisis”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰgʷʰey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰgʷʰítis →Every word from Proto-Hellenic kʷʰtʰítis →