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Where does “nonmyeloablative” come from?

nonmyeloablative (English) comes from English myeloablative, from English ablative, from Middle English ablative, from Old French ablatif, from Latin ablātīvus, from Latin ablātus, from Latin auferō, from Latin ferō — shiny, light brown.

nonmyeloablative (English): Not myeloablative

Definitions

  1. Not myeloablative

Ancestry of “nonmyeloablative”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmyeloablativeOf, pertaining to, or causing myeloablation
2EnglishablativeApplied to one of the cases of the noun in some...
3Middle Englishablative—
4Old Frenchablatifthe ablative case
5Latinablātīvus—
6Latinablātus—
7Latinauferō—
8Latinferō—
9Proto-Italicferōcarry, bear
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰéretito be carrying
11Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰēr-shiny, light brown
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