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

Definitions

  1. Inflammation of a breast

Ancestry of “mastitis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmastitemastitis
2English-itisSuffix denoting diseases characterized by...
3New Latin-ītis—
4Ancient Greek-ῖτιςfemale equivalent of -ίτης
Every word from Ancient Greek -ῖτις →Every word from English -itis →Every word from New Latin -ītis →