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
- An inflammation of a bursa, most common in the...
Ancestry of “bursitis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bursa | Any of the many small fluid-filled sacs located... |
| 2 | Turkish | Bursa | — |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | بورسه | exchange, stock market, bourse, a building or organization that trades stocks for money and vice versa |
| 4 | French | bourse | purse; money; financial grant |
| 5 | Italian | borsa | bag, handbag, purse, briefcase; scholarship,... |
| 6 | Latin | bursa | oxhide, animal skin; purse, especially one made... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | βύρσα | the skin stripped off a hide, leather; the skin... |