Where does โ€œemictionโ€ come from?

emiction (English) comes from Latin E, from Etruscan ๐Œ„, from Ancient Greek ฮต, from Phoenician ๐ค„, from Egyptian ๐“€ .

emiction (English): The voiding of urine; What is voided by the...

Definitions

  1. The voiding of urine; What is voided by the...

Ancestry of โ€œemictionโ€, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinEScribal abbreviation of the diphthong ae
2Etruscan๐Œ„โ€”
3Ancient GreekฮตLower case epsilon, the fifth letter of the ancient and modern Greek alphabets. Its name was ฮตแผถ, later แผ’ ฯˆฮนฮปฯŒฮฝ, and presently ฮญฯˆฮนฮปฮฟฮฝ. It represents roughly the same sound in both alphabets: in Modern Greek, a somewhat lowered variant of the mid front unrounded vowel: or. It is preceded by ฮด and foll
4Phoenician๐ค„that
5Egyptian๐“€ โ€”
Every word from Egyptian ๐“€  โ†’Every word from Phoenician ๐ค„ โ†’Every word from Ancient Greek ฮต โ†’