Where does “hypoglobulinemia” come from?
hypoglobulinemia (English) comes from English globulinemia, from English globulin, from English globule, from French globule, from Latin globulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
hypoglobulinemia (English): A reduced amount of globulin in the blood
Definitions
- A reduced amount of globulin in the blood
Ancestry of “hypoglobulinemia”, step by step
hypoglobulinemia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English globulinemia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | globulinemia | The presence of globulins in the blood |
| 2 | English | globulin | Any of a group of simple proteins, soluble in... |
| 3 | English | globule | A small round particle of substance; a drop |
| 4 | French | globule | globule; blood cell |
| 5 | Latin | globulus | Diminutive of globus; globule; button |
| 6 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |