Where does “fibroma” come from?
Fibroma derives from Ancient Greek -μα, which comes from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥, a suffix forming nouns from verbal roots.
fibroma (English): A benign tumour of fibrous connective tissue
Definitions
- A benign tumour of fibrous connective tissue
Ancestry of “fibroma”, step by step
fibroma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English oma
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | oma | grandmother, grandma |
| 2 | Tibetan | འོ་མ | milk |
| 3 | Tibetan | མ | mother; goddess; negates the following verb in... |
| 4 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | ma | no, not, negative, not have, none |
via English fibro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fibro | Fibro-cement; a building material consisting of... |