Where does “mastitis” come from?
Mastitis comes from French mastite, from English -itis (suffix denoting inflammation), from English mast- (breast), from Ancient Greek μαστός (breast).
mastitis (English): Inflammation of a breast
Ancestry of “mastitis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | mastite | — |
| 2 | English | -itis | Suffix denoting diseases characterized by... |
| 3 | New Latin | -ītis | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ῖτις | female equivalent of -ίτης |