Where does “myxomatosis” come from?
myxomatosis (English) comes from English myxoma, from English -oma, from Ancient Greek -ωμᾰ, from Ancient Greek -όω, from Proto-Indo-European -oyéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
myxomatosis (English): A usually fatal viral disease of rabbits, causing...
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- A usually fatal viral disease of rabbits, causing...
Ancestry of “myxomatosis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | myxoma | A tumor of primitive connective tissue |
| 2 | English | -oma | Forming nouns indicating disease or morbidity;... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -ωμᾰ | disease, tumor |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -όω | Added to a noun or adjective to make a verb with... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -oyéti | Creates factitive verbs from adjectives |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |