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Where does “infarct” come from?

infarct (Dutch) comes from Latin infarctus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

infarct (Dutch): infarct

Definitions

  1. infarct

Ancestry of “infarct”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latininfarctusinfarction; heart attack
2Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
3Proto-Italic-tus—
4Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “infarct”

  • hartinfarct
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →