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Where does “ehrlichiosis” come from?

ehrlichiosis (English) comes from Spanish -osis, from Latin -osis, from Ancient Greek -ωσις, from Ancient Greek -σῐς, from Ancient Greek -τις, from Proto-Indo-European -tis — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.

ehrlichiosis (English): A tick-borne disease caused by infection with...

Definitions

  1. A tick-borne disease caused by infection with...

Ancestry of “ehrlichiosis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanish-osis-osis
2Latin-osisdative masculine plural of -ōsus; dative feminine...
3Ancient Greek-ωσιςabnormal condition or state; state, abnormal...
4Ancient Greek-σῐς"suffix forming nouns"
5Ancient Greek-τιςEarlier form of -σις , retained after dentals δ,...
6Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots
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