Where does “granuloma” come from?
Granuloma comes from English granule combined with Ancient Greek -μα, derived from Latin granum meaning grain, diminutively formed with Latin -culum from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nóm rooted in ǵerh₂- meaning to grow.
granuloma (English): an inflammatory nodule found in many diseases,...
Definitions
- an inflammatory nodule found in many diseases,...
Ancestry of “granuloma”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | granule | A tiny grain, a small particle; A small structure... |
| 2 | French | granule | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 3 | Latin | grānulum | granule (small grain) |
| 4 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |