Where does “adenotonsillitis” come from?

adenotonsillitis (English) comes from English tonsillitis, from English tonsil, from Latin tonsillae, from Proto-Italic *tonslilā, from Proto-Italic tonslis, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.

adenotonsillitis (English): Inflammation of the tonsils and adenoids

Definitions

  1. Inflammation of the tonsils and adenoids

Ancestry of “adenotonsillitis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtonsillitisInflammation of the tonsils
2EnglishtonsilEither of a pair of small masses of lymphoid...
3Latintonsillaetonsils
4Proto-Italic*tonslilā—
5Proto-Italictonslis—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ten- →Every word from Proto-Italic tonslis →Every word from Proto-Italic *tonslilā →