Where does “microhaemorrhage” come from?
microhaemorrhage (English) comes from English haemorrhage, from Latin haemorrhagia, from Ancient Greek αἱμορραγία, from Ancient Greek αἱμορραγής, from Ancient Greek αἷμα, from Latin globus, from Proto-Indo-European gel- — to be cold, to freeze.
Ancestry of “microhaemorrhage”, step by step
microhaemorrhage traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English haemorrhage
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | haemorrhage | A heavy release of blood within or from a body; A... |
| 2 | Latin | haemorrhagia | medical A heavy release of blood within or from the body |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | αἱμορραγία | a violent bleeding; violent bleeding |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | αἱμορραγής | bleeding violently |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | αἷμα | blood |
| 6 | Latin | globus | any round object; a sphere; a globe; a glob,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gel- | to be cold, to freeze |