Where does “cystopyelonephritis” come from?

cystopyelonephritis (English) comes from English pyelonephritis, from English nephritis, from Ancient Greek νεφρῖτις, from Ancient Greek νεφρός, from Proto-Hellenic *nekʷʰrós, from Proto-Indo-European negʷʰrós — kidney.

cystopyelonephritis (English): inflammation of the bladder, the pelvis of the kidney, and the kidney parenchyma

Definitions

  1. inflammation of the bladder, the pelvis of the kidney, and the kidney parenchyma

Ancestry of “cystopyelonephritis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpyelonephritisAn ascending urinary tract infection of the renal...
2EnglishnephritisInflammation of the kidney
3Ancient Greekνεφρῖτιςa disease of the kidney
4Ancient Greekνεφρόςkidney; testicle; mind
5Proto-Hellenic*nekʷʰróskidney
6Proto-Indo-Europeannegʷʰróskidney
Every word from Proto-Indo-European negʷʰrós →Every word from Proto-Hellenic *nekʷʰrós →Every word from Ancient Greek νεφρός →