Where does “hypoechoic” come from?

Hypoechoic derives from English echoic, from English echo, from French -ique, from Latin -icus, from Proto-Indo-European -kos, ultimately from Ancient Greek ἠχή meaning sound or noise.

hypoechoic (English): Of low echogenicity

Definitions

  1. Of low echogenicity

Ancestry of “hypoechoic”, step by step

hypoechoic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English echoic

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishechoicOf or pertaining to an echo; Imitative of a...
2English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
3EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
4Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
5Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
6Spanishimagenimage
7Italianimmagineimage; imago
8Latinimāginem
9Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
10Latinīn-un-, non-, not
11Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
12Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
13Proto-Italicenin
14Proto-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
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