Where does “abscess” come from?
Abscess comes from Latin abscessus, the past participle of abscedo meaning "to go away," from ab meaning "away" combined with cedo meaning "to go," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₂epó meaning "off" or "away."
abscess (English): A cavity caused by tissue destruction, usually...
Definitions
- A cavity caused by tissue destruction, usually...
Ancestry of “abscess”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | abscessus | departed; withdrawn; retreated |
| 2 | Latin | abs | away from; from; away |
| 3 | Proto-Albanian | aps | — |
| 4 | Latin | Apis | A seaport town of Egypt situated at the borders with Marmarica |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Ἄπις | — |
| 6 | Coptic | ϩⲁⲡⲉ | the Apis bull, a bull worshipped as a herald of the gods (first Ptah, then Osiris, then Atum) |
| 7 | Egyptian | ḥp | the god Apis |