Where does “gastroenteroscopy” come from?

gastroenteroscopy (English) comes from English gastro, from English gastroenteritis, from English enteritis, from English enter, from Middle English entren, from Old French entrer, from Latin intrō, from Latin intra — Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix.

gastroenteroscopy (English): An extension of enteroscopy to include...

Definitions

  1. An extension of enteroscopy to include...

Ancestry of “gastroenteroscopy”, step by step

gastroenteroscopy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English gastro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgastroGastroenteritis
2EnglishgastroenteritisInflammation of the mucous membranes of the...
3EnglishenteritisInflammation of the intestines, generally the...
4EnglishenterTo go or come into an enclosed or partially...
5Middle EnglishentrenTo enter to move into an enclosed or demarcated space
6Old Frenchentrerto enter
7Latinintrōto enter, go into, come in, get in, penetrate
8Latinintrawithin; inside; during; less than
9Latininterus—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énterosinside, within
11Proto-Indo-European-terosContrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix

via English enteroscopy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishenteroscopyA medical procedure for the direct visualization...
2EnglishscopyAlternative form of scopey
3EnglishYA figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y; A...
4EnglishyuriA narrative or visual work featuring a romance or...
5Japanese百合lily
6Japanese連用形an inflectional category: the continuative or...
7Japanese見るto see, to watch, to observe, to look at...
8Japanese夢a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state...
9Old Japanese夢a dream
10Japanese目an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger...
11Middle Chinese目—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -teros →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énteros →Every word from Latin interus →