Where does “amoebiasis” come from?
amoebiasis (English) comes from English -iasis, from Ancient Greek ἴασις, from Ancient Greek -σῐς, from Ancient Greek -τις, from Proto-Indo-European -tis — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.
amoebiasis (English): An infectious disease caused by the parasitic...
Definitions
- An infectious disease caused by the parasitic...
Ancestry of “amoebiasis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | -iasis | A pathological condition or process |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ἴασις | cure, remedy; repair, mend |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -σῐς | "suffix forming nouns" |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -τις | Earlier form of -σις , retained after dentals δ,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |