Where does “dysuria” come from?
Dysuria comes from Ancient Greek δυσ- meaning "bad or difficult" combined with Ancient Greek οὖρον meaning "urine," from Proto-Indo-European roots meaning "to flow" and "urinate."
dysuria (English): The experience or condition of experiencing pain...
Definitions
- The experience or condition of experiencing pain...
Ancestry of “dysuria”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | dys- | bad |
| 2 | New Latin | dys- | Used to convey the idea of being difficult,... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | δῠσ- | bad, unfortunate |
| 4 | Latin | calculāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | calculus | diminutive of calx; pebble, stone; reckoning,... |
| 6 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
Words derived from “dysuria”