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Where does “iridotasis” come from?

iridotasis (English) comes from English tasis, from Ancient Greek τάσις, from Proto-Hellenic tə́tsis, from Proto-Indo-European téntis, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.

iridotasis (English): A stretching of the iris in the treatment of...

Definitions

  1. A stretching of the iris in the treatment of...

Ancestry of “iridotasis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtasisExtending the sound of an utterance for the...
2Ancient Greekτάσιςstretching, tension; extension; pitch of the...
3Proto-Hellenictə́tsis—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanténtisextension
5Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend
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