Where does “envelopathy” come from?
envelopathy (English) comes from English envelope, from French enveloppe, from Middle French enveloppe, from Old French envelope, from Old French envoloper, from Old French en-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.
envelopathy (English): Any disease associated with disruption of the nuclear envelope
Definitions
- Any disease associated with disruption of the nuclear envelope
Ancestry of “envelopathy”, step by step
envelopathy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English envelope
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | envelope | A paper or cardboard wrapper used to enclose... |
| 2 | French | enveloppe | envelope |
| 3 | Middle French | enveloppe | — |
| 4 | Old French | envelope | that which envelops, a type of garment; casing,... |
| 5 | Old French | envoloper | — |
| 6 | Old French | en- | en- in; into |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English pathy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pathy | A therapy |
| 2 | English | -pathy | suffering, feeling; Damage to, disease of, or... |
| 3 | English | -y | Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives... |
| 4 | Middle English | -y | Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by... |
| 5 | Old English | -iġ | -y, -ic |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |