Where does “emaciation” come from?
emaciation (English) comes from French émacier, from Latin emacio, from Latin maciēs, from Latin Macer, from Proto-Italic makros, from Proto-Indo-European mh₂ḱrós, from Proto-Indo-European meh₂ḱ- — to raise, increase; long.
emaciation (English): The act of making very lean; The state of being...
Definitions
- The act of making very lean; The state of being...
Ancestry of “emaciation”, step by step
emaciation traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French émacier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | émacier | to make someone emaciated, to emaciate someone |
| 2 | Latin | emacio | to make lean, cause to waste away |
| 3 | Latin | maciēs | leanness, thinness, meagerness |
| 4 | Latin | Macer | lean, skinny, meager |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | makros | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | mh₂ḱrós | lean, meager |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | meh₂ḱ- | to raise, increase; long |