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Where does “cardiothoracic” come from?

cardiothoracic (English) comes from English thoracic, from Ancient Greek θωρακικός, from Ancient Greek -ικός, from Ancient Greek -κός, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

cardiothoracic (English): Of or pertaining to both the heart and the chest

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to both the heart and the chest

Ancestry of “cardiothoracic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishthoracicOf the thorax; One of a group of fishes having...
2Ancient Greekθωρακικόςsuffering in the chest, of the thorax
3Ancient Greek-ικόςof or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic
4Ancient Greek-κόςforms adjectives with the sense of 'of or...
5Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic
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