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Where does “immunocompromised” come from?

Immunocompromised is a twentieth-century English formation combining immuno- (from Latin immunis, meaning exempt or free from) and compromised (from Old French compromis, meaning a settlement or agreement).

immunocompromised (English): Having an immune system that has been impaired by...

Definitions

  1. Having an immune system that has been impaired by...

Ancestry of “immunocompromised”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishcompromisedsimple past tense and past participle of...
2EnglishcompromiseThe settlement of differences by arbitration or...
3Middle Frenchcompromis—
4Late Latincompromissuma compromise, originally a mutual promise to...
5Latincompromitteresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
6Latincom-allomorph of con-
7Latincon-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing...
8Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
9Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
10Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
11Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
12Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
13Middle Englishkyt—
14Germankitt—
15Old High Germankuti—
16Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
17Proto-Germanickweduzresin

Words derived from “immunocompromised”

  • nonimmunocompromised
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