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Where does “dyssynchrony” come from?

dyssynchrony (English) comes from English dys-, from New Latin dys-, from Ancient Greek δῠσ-, from Latin calculāre, from Latin calculus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

dyssynchrony (English): A lack of proper synchrony

Definitions

  1. A lack of proper synchrony

Ancestry of “dyssynchrony”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishdys-bad
2New Latindys-Used to convey the idea of being difficult,...
3Ancient Greekδῠσ-bad, unfortunate
4Latincalculāre—
5Latincalculusdiminutive of calx; pebble, stone; reckoning,...
6Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
7Proto-Italic-olos—
8Proto-Italic-elos—
9Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
10Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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