Where does “granulomatosis” come from?
Granulomatosis derives from English granuloma, from Ancient Greek -μα, from Latin granum meaning grain, from Latin -culum, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ǵerh₂- meaning to gather or collect.
granulomatosis (English): Any disease or condition accompanied by multiple...
Definitions
- Any disease or condition accompanied by multiple...
Ancestry of “granulomatosis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | -osis | -osis |
| 2 | Latin | -osis | dative masculine plural of -ōsus; dative feminine... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -ωσις | abnormal condition or state; state, abnormal... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -σῐς | "suffix forming nouns" |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -τις | Earlier form of -σις , retained after dentals δ,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |
Words derived from “granulomatosis”