Where does “enterocolitis” come from?
Enterocolitis is a Modern English medical term combining entero- from Ancient Greek ἔντερος (enteros, intestine) and -colitis, ultimately deriving from Proto-Indo-European h₁énteros and the comparative suffix -teros.
enterocolitis (English): inflammation of the mucous membranes of the small...
Definitions
- inflammation of the mucous membranes of the small...
Ancestry of “enterocolitis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | colitis | inflammation of the colon; Short for ulcerative... |
| 2 | English | cōl | A dip on a mountain ridge between two peaks |
| 3 | French | cōl | collar |
| 4 | Old French | cōl | neck |
| 5 | Latin | collum | neck, throat; upper stem of a plant; servitude |
| 6 | Latin | -is | suffixed to the root of nouns in composition,... |
| 7 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |