Where does “nephritis” come from?

Nephritis derives from Ancient Greek νεφρός meaning kidney combined with the Ancient Greek suffix -ῖτις denoting inflammation.

nephritis (English): Inflammation of the kidney

Definitions

  1. Inflammation of the kidney

Ancestry of “nephritis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekνεφρῖτιςa disease of the kidney
2Ancient Greekνεφρόςkidney; testicle; mind
3Proto-Hellenic*nekʷʰróskidney
4Proto-Indo-Europeannegʷʰróskidney

Words derived from “nephritis”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European negʷʰrós →Every word from Proto-Hellenic *nekʷʰrós →Every word from Ancient Greek νεφρός →