Where does “microalbuminuria” come from?
Microalbuminuria derives from English micro- combined with English albuminuria, which comes from French albumine, Latin albumen, and Latin albus meaning white, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₂élbʰos.
microalbuminuria (English): The chronic presence of a small excess of albumin...
Definitions
- The chronic presence of a small excess of albumin...
Ancestry of “microalbuminuria”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | albuminuria | The presence of albumin in the urine, often a... |
| 2 | English | albumin | Any of a class of monomeric proteins that are... |
| 3 | English | albumen | The white part of an egg; being mostly the... |
| 4 | Latin | albūmen | albumen; the white of an egg |
| 5 | Latin | Albus | white properly without, dull white |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | alβos | white |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂élbʰos | white |