Where does “embryofetoscopy” come from?
embryofetoscopy (English) comes from English fetoscopy, from English scopy, from English Y, from English yuri, from Japanese 百合, from Japanese 連用形, from Japanese 見る, from Japanese 夢.
embryofetoscopy (English): An endoscopic technique for visualising the first-trimester embryo and fetus
Definitions
- An endoscopic technique for visualising the first-trimester embryo and fetus
Ancestry of “embryofetoscopy”, step by step
embryofetoscopy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fetoscopy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fetoscopy | An endoscopic procedure during pregnancy to allow... |
| 2 | English | scopy | Alternative form of scopey |
| 3 | English | Y | A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y; A... |
| 4 | English | yuri | A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or... |
| 5 | Japanese | 百合 | lily |
| 6 | Japanese | 連用形 | an inflectional category: the continuative or... |
| 7 | Japanese | 見る | to see, to watch, to observe, to look at... |
| 8 | Japanese | 夢 | a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state... |
| 9 | Old Japanese | 夢 | a dream |
| 10 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 11 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |
via English embryo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | embryo | In the reproductive cycle, the stage after the... |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | embryo | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἔμβρυον | a young one; embryo, fetus |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἐν | in, on, at; among; in, at, or during the time of |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | δέρμα | skin, hide |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | γλυφή | carving, carved work; hole cut |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ῐ́ᾱ | {{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |