Where does “hemicolitis” come from?

hemicolitis (English) comes from English colitis, from English cōl, from French cōl, from Old French cōl, from Latin collum, from Latin -is, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā.

hemicolitis (English): One-sided colitis; inflammation of either the descending colon or ascending colon

Definitions

  1. One-sided colitis; inflammation of either the descending colon or ascending colon

Ancestry of “hemicolitis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishcolitisinflammation of the colon; Short for ulcerative...
2EnglishcōlA dip on a mountain ridge between two peaks
3Frenchcōlcollar
4Old Frenchcōlneck
5Latincollumneck, throat; upper stem of a plant; servitude
6Latin-issuffixed to the root of nouns in composition,...
7Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
8Proto-ItalicForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
9Proto-Indo-European-éh₂
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂