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Where does “bursitis” come from?

Bursitis comes from New Latin -itis, a suffix from Ancient Greek -ῖτις denoting inflammation, combined with English bursa.

bursitis (English): An inflammation of a bursa, most common in the...

Definitions

  1. An inflammation of a bursa, most common in the...

Ancestry of “bursitis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbursaAny of the many small fluid-filled sacs located...
2TurkishBursa—
3Ottoman Turkishبورسه—
4Frenchboursepurse; money; financial grant
5Italianborsabag, handbag, purse, briefcase; scholarship,...
6Latinbursaoxhide, animal skin; purse, especially one made...
7Ancient Greekβύρσαthe skin stripped off a hide, leather; the skin...
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