Where does “candidiasis” come from?
Candidiasis derives from Latin candidus (white), from the Latin suffix -idus, tracing back through Proto-Italic kandēō and ultimately to the Proto-Indo-European root kand-.
candidiasis (English): A fungal infection of any of the "Candida" ...
Definitions
- A fungal infection of any of the "Candida" ...
Ancestry of “candidiasis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | -iasis | A pathological condition or process |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ἴασις | cure, remedy; repair, mend |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -σῐς | "suffix forming nouns" |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -τις | Earlier form of -σις , retained after dentals δ,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |