Where does “hemiparkinsonism” come from?
hemiparkinsonism (English) comes from English parkinsonism, from English Parkinson, from English Peter, from Middle English Peter, from Latin Petrus, from Indonesian penembak, from Indonesian tembak, from Malay tembak.
hemiparkinsonism (English): parkinsonism that affects only one side of the...
Definitions
- parkinsonism that affects only one side of the...
Ancestry of “hemiparkinsonism”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | parkinsonism | A neurological syndrome characterized by tremor,... |
| 2 | English | Parkinson | — |
| 3 | English | Peter | radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter P |
| 4 | Middle English | Peter | Peter |
| 5 | Latin | Petrus | Peter |
| 6 | Indonesian | penembak | shooter |
| 7 | Indonesian | tembak | to shoot to fire a shot |
| 8 | Malay | tembak | to shoot |
| 9 | Malay | timbak | Obsolete form of tembak |
| 10 | Proto-Malayic | timbak | — |
| 11 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | ti(m)bak | — |