Where does “anticoagulation” come from?
Anticoagulation comes from Middle French coagulation, Ancient Greek ἀντί meaning "against," Latin -tio, and Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- meaning "to drive or act."
anticoagulation (English): Treatment to prevent coagulation of blood
Definitions
- Treatment to prevent coagulation of blood
Ancestry of “anticoagulation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | coagulation | The precipitation of suspended particles as they... |
| 2 | Middle French | coagulation | — |
| 3 | Latin | coagulatio | a curdling, coagulating |
| 4 | Latin | coāgulō | to curdle; make thick, solid |
| 5 | Latin | coāgulum | tie, bond, binding agent |
| 6 | Latin | cōgō | to collect, assemble, gather together |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 8 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 9 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |