Where does “hypoechogenicity” come from?

hypoechogenicity (English) comes from English echogenicity, from English echogenic, from English -genic, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen — in.

hypoechogenicity (English): A decreased response during the ultrasound...

Definitions

  1. A decreased response during the ultrasound...

Ancestry of “hypoechogenicity”, step by step

hypoechogenicity traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English echogenicity

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishechogenicityThe ability to create an echo that can be...
2EnglishechogenicDescribing any inner part of the body that...
3English-genicproducing or generating something; produced or...
4English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
5EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
6Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
7Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
8Spanishimagenimage
9Italianimmagineimage; imago
10Latinimāginem
11Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
12Latinīn-un-, non-, not
13Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
14Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
15Proto-Italicenin
16Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via English hypo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhypoMelancholy; a fit of ‘hypochondria’; a morbid...
2Englishhypo-Below; beneath; under; Deficient; less than...
3Ancient Greekὑπό
4Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Proto-Italic en