Where does “acute flaccid myelitis” come from?
acute flaccid myelitis (English) comes from English acūte, from French aigu, from German akut, from Italian acuto, from Russian аку́т, from Spanish agudo, from Latin acūtus, from Latin acuō — sharp.
acute flaccid myelitis (English): A sudden onset illness of children causing loss of muscle tone and reflexes, weakness in arms and legs, which may lead to paralysis. The illness has an indeterminate cause and no known treatment
Definitions
- A sudden onset illness of children causing loss of muscle tone and reflexes, weakness in arms and legs, which may lead to paralysis. The illness has an indeterminate cause and no known treatment
Ancestry of “acute flaccid myelitis”, step by step
acute flaccid myelitis traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English acūte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | acūte | Brief, quick, short |
| 2 | French | aigu | sharp, pointy; acute, keen, discerning; sharp,... |
| 3 | German | akut | acute; severe |
| 4 | Italian | acuto | acute; sharp; high-pitched, high, shrill |
| 5 | Russian | аку́т | acute accent |
| 6 | Spanish | agudo | sharp, pointed, acute; acute, sharp, witty, keen;... |
| 7 | Latin | acūtus | sharpened, made sharp, sharp, having been sharpened |
| 8 | Latin | acuō | to make pointed, sharpen, whet |
| 9 | Latin | acus | a needle, a pin; bodkin; bran, awn, chaff |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | akus | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eḱus | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eḱ- | sharp |
via English flaccid
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | flaccid | Flabby; Soft; floppy; Lacking energy or vigor |
| 2 | Latin | flaccidus | flaccid, flabby, pendulous; languid, feeble, weak |
| 3 | Latin | flacceō | to be flabby or flaccid |
| 4 | Latin | -eō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -ēō | Forms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -ējō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₁yeti | Thematicization of the athematic stative verbal... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |