Where does “acroedema” come from?
acroedema (English) comes from English acro, from English acrobatic, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen, from Italian immagine — in.
acroedema (English): edema that affects the hands and feet
Definitions
- edema that affects the hands and feet
Ancestry of “acroedema”, step by step
acroedema traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English acro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | acro | of or pertaining to something that combines... |
| 2 | English | acrobatic | Of or pertaining to an acrobat; vigorously active |
| 3 | English | -ic | Used to form adjectives from nouns with the... |
| 4 | English | image | An optical or other representation of a real... |
| 5 | French | image | picture, image; frame; first-person singular... |
| 6 | Portuguese | imagem | image; picture; figure; image; image; face |
| 7 | Spanish | imagen | image |
| 8 | Italian | immagine | image; imago |
| 9 | Latin | imāginem | — |
| 10 | Latin | im- | Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in |
| 11 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 12 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 13 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English edema
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | edema | An excessive accumulation of serum in tissue... |
| 2 | New Latin | oedema | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | οἴδημα | swelling, tumour |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | οἰδέω | to swell, become swollen; of inflated style |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂oyd-éye-ti | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |