Where does “cholecystitis” come from?

Cholecystitis comes from English cyst and the Ancient Greek suffix -ῖτις denoting inflammation, ultimately from Ancient Greek κύστις meaning bladder, derived from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewH-.

cholecystitis (English): An inflammation of the gall bladder

Definitions

  1. An inflammation of the gall bladder

Ancestry of “cholecystitis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-itisSuffix denoting diseases characterized by...
2New Latin-ītis—
3Ancient Greek-ῖτιςfemale equivalent of -ίτης

Words derived from “cholecystitis”

Every word from Ancient Greek -ῖτις →Every word from English -itis →Every word from New Latin -ītis →