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Where does “hyperoxaluric” come from?

hyperoxaluric (English) comes from English hyperoxaluria, from English oxalic, from French oxalique, from Translingual Oxalis, from Latin oxălis, from Ancient Greek ὀξαλίς, from Ancient Greek ὄξος, from Ancient Greek ὀξύς — sharp.

hyperoxaluric (English): Exhibiting or relating to hyperoxaluria

Definitions

  1. Exhibiting or relating to hyperoxaluria

Ancestry of “hyperoxaluric”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhyperoxaluriaThe presence of an excessive amount of oxalic...
2EnglishoxalicOf or pertaining to oxalic acid or its...
3Frenchoxaliqueoxalic
4TranslingualOxalisthe sorrel plant
5Latinoxălis—
6Ancient Greekὀξαλίςsour wine; garden sorrel
7Ancient Greekὄξοςpoor wine; vinegar made therefrom; sour fellow,...
8Ancient Greekὀξύςsharp, pointed; sharp, keen; quick, hasty, swift
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eḱ-sharp
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