Where does “angiographic” come from?
Angiographic comes from English angiography, combining Ancient Greek ἀγγεῖον meaning vessel with Ancient Greek γράφω meaning to write or record.
angiographic (English): Of or pertaining to angiography
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to angiography
Ancestry of “angiographic”, step by step
angiographic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English angiography
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | angiography | A medical imaging technique in which an X-ray... |
| 2 | English | -graphy | Something written or otherwise represented in the... |
| 3 | French | -graphie | -graphy |
| 4 | Latin | -graphia | -graphy |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | γράφω | to scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to... |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | grəpʰō | to scratch, cut or carve into |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |
via English ic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ic | related or pertaining to; having the character of |