Where does “colitis” come from?
Colitis comes from New Latin -itis, from Ancient Greek -ῖτις, a suffix denoting inflammation of the part named in the preceding element.
colitis (English): inflammation of the colon; Short for ulcerative...
Definitions
- inflammation of the colon; Short for ulcerative...
Ancestry of “colitis”, step by step
colitis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English cōl
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cōl | A dip on a mountain ridge between two peaks |
| 2 | French | cōl | collar |
| 3 | Old French | cōl | neck |
| 4 | Latin | collum | neck, throat; upper stem of a plant; servitude |
| 5 | Latin | -is | suffixed to the root of nouns in composition,... |
| 6 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |