Where does “femorrhoid” come from?
femorrhoid (English) comes from English female, from Middle English female, from Middle English femelle, from Old French femelle, from Medieval Latin femella, from Latin femella, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
femorrhoid (English): A term of abuse against women
Definitions
- A term of abuse against women
Ancestry of “femorrhoid”, step by step
femorrhoid traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English female
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | female | Belonging to the sex which typically produces... |
| 2 | Middle English | female | — |
| 3 | Middle English | femelle | — |
| 4 | Old French | femelle | female |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | femella | a female; girl, young woman; vocative singular of... |
| 6 | Latin | femella | girl, young woman; vocative singular of femella;... |
| 7 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via English hemorrhoid
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hemorrhoid | An engorged, dilated and easily broken varicosity... |
| 2 | Middle English | emerowdes | Alternative form of emeroides |
| 3 | Old French | emorroides | — |
| 4 | Latin | haemorrhoidae | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | αἱμορροΐς | veins liable to discharge blood, especially haemorrhoids, piles |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | αἱμόρροος | flowing with blood |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | αἷμα | blood |
| 8 | Latin | globus | any round object; a sphere; a globe; a glob,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gel- | to be cold, to freeze |