Where does “hyperbilirubinemia” come from?
Hyperbilirubinemia comes from English hyper- and bilirubin, which derives from Latin bilis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₁rewdʰ-, meaning to flow or move.
hyperbilirubinemia (English): An unusually large concentration of bilirubin in...
Definitions
- An unusually large concentration of bilirubin in...
Ancestry of “hyperbilirubinemia”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bilirubinemia | The presence of bilirubin in the blood |
| 2 | English | bilirubin | A bile pigment that is a product of the breakdown... |
| 3 | German | Bilirubin | bilirubin |
| 4 | German | -īn | creates the female form for many nouns for living beings; umlaut usually occurs in monosyllables, but rarely in polysyllables |
| 5 | Latin | -īnus | of or pertaining to; -ine |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -īnos | of/belonging to |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |