Where does “cyclodiathermy” come from?
cyclodiathermy (English) comes from English diathermy, from English Y, from English yuri, from Japanese 百合, from Japanese 連用形, from Japanese 見る, from Japanese 夢, from Old Japanese 夢.
cyclodiathermy (English): The use of diathermy to remove part of the ciliary body in the treatment of glaucoma
Definitions
- The use of diathermy to remove part of the ciliary body in the treatment of glaucoma
Ancestry of “cyclodiathermy”, step by step
cyclodiathermy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English diathermy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | diathermy | The generation of heat using high-frequency... |
| 2 | English | Y | A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y; A... |
| 3 | English | yuri | A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or... |
| 4 | Japanese | 百合 | lily |
| 5 | Japanese | 連用形 | an inflectional category: the continuative or... |
| 6 | Japanese | 見る | to see, to watch, to observe, to look at... |
| 7 | Japanese | 夢 | a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state... |
| 8 | Old Japanese | 夢 | a dream |
| 9 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 10 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |
via English cyclo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cyclo | A tuk-tuk; A cycle rickshaw |
| 2 | English | O | A blood type that lacks A or B antigens and may... |
| 3 | Middle English | O | — |
| 4 | Old English | o | ever, always |
| 5 | Latin | o | The name of the letter "O"; o!; oh! |
| 6 | Etruscan | 𐌏 | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ο | Lower-case omicron (ὂ μικρόν), the 15th letter of the ancient Greek alphabet. It represented the close-mid back rounded vowel. It is preceded by ξ and followed by π |
| 8 | Phoenician | 𐤏 | ayin; ʿayin |
| 9 | Egyptian | 𓁹 | — |