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Where does “ileocolitis” come from?

ileocolitis (English) comes from English colitis, from English cōl, from French cōl, from Old French cōl, from Latin collum, from Latin -is, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā.

ileocolitis (English): inflammation of the ileum and colon

Definitions

  1. inflammation of the ileum and colon

Ancestry of “ileocolitis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishcolitisinflammation of the colon; Short for ulcerative...
2Englishcōl—
3Frenchcōl—
4Old Frenchcōl—
5Latincollumneck, throat; upper stem of a plant; servitude
6Latin-issuffixed to the root of nouns in composition,...
7Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
8Proto-Italic-ā—
9Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
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