Where does “arteritis” come from?
Arteritis comes from English artery plus the suffix -itis (inflammation), from Old French artaire, Ancient Greek ἀρτηρία (artēría, vessel), derived from ἀείρω (aeírō, to lift or suspend).
arteritis (English): The inflammation of arterial walls, often due to...
Definitions
- The inflammation of arterial walls, often due to...
Ancestry of “arteritis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | artery | An efferent blood vessel from the heart,... |
| 2 | Old French | artaire | artery |
| 3 | Latin | artēria | a windpipe |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἀρτηρία | artery; windpipe, trachea; bronchi |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἀείρω | to lift up, raise, support; to bear, sustain; to... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂wer- | to lift up; to moisten; to flow; to raise, hang |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wēr- | true |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |