Where does “metrorrhagic” come from?
metrorrhagic (English) comes from English metrorrhagia, from English metro, from French métro, from French métropolitain, from Latin mētropolītānus, from Ancient Greek μητροπολίτης, from Ancient Greek μητρόπολις, from Ancient Greek πόλις — fortification, city.
metrorrhagic (English): Exhibiting or relating to metrorrhagia
Definitions
- Exhibiting or relating to metrorrhagia
Ancestry of “metrorrhagic”, step by step
metrorrhagic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English metrorrhagia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | metrorrhagia | abnormal uterine bleeding |
| 2 | English | metro | An underground railway; A train that runs on such... |
| 3 | French | métro | metro; subway US, underground UK, Tube UK |
| 4 | French | métropolitain | metropolitan; subway, underground; Person from... |
| 5 | Latin | mētropolītānus | metropolitan |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μητροπολίτης | metropolitan |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μητρόπολις | mother-state; one's mother-city, mother country,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πόλις | city; a whole country, as dependent on and called... |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | ptólis | city |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | tpólHis | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | tpelH- | fortification, city |
via English ic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ic | related or pertaining to; having the character of |