Where does “autoinsufflate” come from?
autoinsufflate (English) comes from English auto, from English automatic, from French automatique, from French automate, from Ancient Greek αὐτόματον, from Ancient Greek αὐτόματος, from Ancient Greek μέμαα, from Ancient Greek μέμονα — to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,...
autoinsufflate (English): To force air from the throat into the middle ear with one's nose plugged; to perform the Valsalva manoeuvre
Definitions
- To force air from the throat into the middle ear with one's nose plugged; to perform the Valsalva manoeuvre
Ancestry of “autoinsufflate”, step by step
autoinsufflate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English auto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | auto | Clipping of automatic; An automobile; A setting... |
| 2 | English | automatic | Capable of operating without external control or... |
| 3 | French | automatique | automatic |
| 4 | French | automate | automaton |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | αὐτόματον | accident, mere chance |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | αὐτόματος | self-willed, unbidden; self-moving,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μέμαα | to wish eagerly, strive, yearn, desire |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | μέμονα | to be minded or inclined; to be eager; to hasten |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | memóne | to think, to be mindful; to remember |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | men- | to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,... |
via English insufflate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | insufflate | To breathe or blow into or on; To treat by... |
| 2 | Latin | insufflatus | |
| 3 | Latin | insufflo | I blow or breath into or upon |
| 4 | Latin | sufflō | to blow, puff up, inflate |
| 5 | Latin | flō | to breathe, blow |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | flāō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₁- | to bleat; to cry; to blow |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |