Where does “meningioma” come from?

Meningioma is a modern English medical term derived from meninges, which comes from Ancient Greek -μα and ultimately Proto-Indo-European -mn̥.

meningioma (English): A common tumour of the central nervous system,...

Definitions

  1. A common tumour of the central nervous system,...

Ancestry of “meningioma”, step by step

meningioma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English oma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishomagrandmother, grandma
2Tibetanའོ་མmilk
3Tibetanམmother; goddess; negates the following verb in...
4Proto-Sino-Tibetanmano, not, negative, not have, none

via English meninges

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmeningesThe three membranes that envelop the brain and...

Words derived from “meningioma”

Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan ma →Every word from Tibetan མ →Every word from Tibetan འོ་མ →