Where does “chordoepithelioma” come from?
chordoepithelioma (English) comes from English ‐o‐, from English -prim, from English trimethoprim, from English trimethoxy, from English methoxy, from English oxy-, from English oxygen, from French oxygène — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
chordoepithelioma (English): chordoma
Definitions
- chordoma
Ancestry of “chordoepithelioma”, step by step
chordoepithelioma traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English ‐o‐
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ‐o‐ | — |
| 2 | English | -prim | Used to form names of trimethoprim derivatives acting as |
| 3 | English | trimethoprim | A synthetic antibiotic used to treat malaria and... |
| 4 | English | trimethoxy | Three methoxy groups in a molecule |
| 5 | English | methoxy | The univalent radical CH-O- derived from methanol |
| 6 | English | oxy- | Sharp, keen, acute, pungent, acid; Concerning... |
| 7 | English | oxygen | The chemical element with an atomic number of 8... |
| 8 | French | oxygène | oxygen; inflection of oxygéner: ##... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | γένος | offspring, descendant; family, clan; nation, race |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | génos | family; race |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |
via English chord
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | chord | A harmonic set of three or more notes that is... |
| 2 | English | cord | A long, thin, flexible length of twisted yarns (strands) of fibre (a rope, for example) |
| 3 | Middle English | corde | A long, thick length of fibre; One of the strings... |
| 4 | Old French | corde | rope |
| 5 | Latin | chorda | cord, string; tripe, intestine; catgut |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | χορδή | guts, intestines; string made of gut; string,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *ǵʰerH- | bowels, intestines |
via English epithelioma
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | epithelioma | Any tumor that originates in the epithelium |
| 2 | English | oma | grandmother, grandma |
| 3 | Tibetan | འོ་མ | milk |
| 4 | Tibetan | མ | mother; goddess; negates the following verb in... |
| 5 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | ma | no, not, negative, not have, none |