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Where does “echocardiographical” come from?

echocardiographical (English) comes from English echocardiography, from English cardiography, from English -graphy, from French -graphie, from Latin -graphia, from Ancient Greek γράφω, from Proto-Hellenic grəpʰō, from Proto-Indo-European gerbʰ- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

echocardiographical (English): Pertaining to echocardiography

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to echocardiography

Ancestry of “echocardiographical”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishechocardiographyThe use of ultrasound to produce images of the...
2EnglishcardiographyThe graphic recording of the movement, or other...
3English-graphySomething written or otherwise represented in the...
4French-graphie-graphy
5Latin-graphia-graphy
6Ancient Greekγράφωto scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to...
7Proto-Hellenicgrəpʰōto scratch, cut or carve into; to draw ,...
8Proto-Indo-Europeangerbʰ-to carve
9Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
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