Where does “osteodegeneration” come from?

osteodegeneration (English) comes from English degeneration, from French dégénération, from Latin degeneratio.

osteodegeneration (English): The degeneration of bone tissue

Definitions

  1. The degeneration of bone tissue

Ancestry of “osteodegeneration”, step by step

osteodegeneration traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English degeneration

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdegenerationThe process or state of growing worse, or the...
2Frenchdégénérationdegeneration
3Latindegeneratio—

via English osteo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishosteoosteomyelitis
Every word from Latin degeneratio →Every word from French dégénération →Every word from English degeneration →