Where does “cardiomyopathy” come from?
Cardiomyopathy comes from English -pathy combined with English cardio-, ultimately from Ancient Greek μῦς meaning muscle and Proto-Indo-European ḱḗr meaning heart, with the -ia suffix from Latin denoting a condition or disease.
cardiomyopathy (English): The deterioration of the myocardium
Definitions
- The deterioration of the myocardium
Ancestry of “cardiomyopathy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | myopathy | Any of several diseases of muscle that are not... |
| 2 | English | pathy | A therapy |
| 3 | English | -pathy | suffering, feeling; Damage to, disease of, or... |
| 4 | English | -y | Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives... |
| 5 | Middle English | -y | Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by... |
| 6 | Old English | -iġ | -y, -ic |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |