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
- A common tumour of the central nervous system,...
Ancestry of “meningioma”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | oma | grandmother, grandma |
| 2 | Tibetan | འོ་མ | — |
| 3 | Tibetan | མ | mother; goddess; negates the following verb in... |
| 4 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | ma | no, not, negative, not have, none |
Words derived from “meningioma”