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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

  1. parkinsonism that affects only one side of the...

Ancestry of “hemiparkinsonism”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishparkinsonismA neurological syndrome characterized by tremor,...
2EnglishParkinson—
3EnglishPeter—
4Middle EnglishPeter—
5LatinPetrusPeter
6Indonesianpenembak—
7Indonesiantembak—
8Malaytembakto shoot
9MalaytimbakObsolete form of tembak
10Proto-Malayictimbak—
11Proto-Malayo-Polynesianti(m)bak—
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