Where does “echocardiography” come from?
Echocardiography is formed from English echo and English -graphy, where echo derives from Latin echo, from Ancient Greek ἠχώ meaning "sound," and -graphy derives from Ancient Greek γράφω meaning "to write," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ger- meaning "to make marks or lines."
echocardiography (English): The use of ultrasound to produce images of the...
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- The use of ultrasound to produce images of the...
Ancestry of “echocardiography”, step by step
echocardiography traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English cardiography
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cardiography | The graphic recording of the movement, or other... |
| 2 | English | -graphy | Something written or otherwise represented in the... |
| 3 | French | -graphie | -graphy |
| 4 | Latin | -graphia | -graphy |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | γράφω | to scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to... |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | grəpʰō | to scratch, cut or carve into |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |
via English Echo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Echo | An oread, punished by Hera by losing her own voice and only being able to mimic that of others |
| 2 | Middle English | ecco | Alternative form of eccho |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | ecco | — |
| 4 | Latin | echo | echo |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Ἠχώ | sound; a nymph in Greek mythology |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἠχή | sound, noise |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | *wākʰā́ | — |