Where does “gastritis” come from?

Gastritis comes from Ancient Greek gráster meaning stomach, combined with the Ancient Greek suffix -ῖtis denoting inflammation, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European gras-.

gastritis (English): Inflammation of the lining of the stomach,...

Definitions

  1. Inflammation of the lining of the stomach,...

Ancestry of “gastritis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-itisSuffix denoting diseases characterized by...
2New Latin-ītis—
3Ancient Greek-ῖτιςfemale equivalent of -ίτης

Words derived from “gastritis”

Every word from Ancient Greek -ῖτις →Every word from English -itis →Every word from New Latin -ītis →