Where does “parthanatos” come from?
parthanatos (English) comes from English Thanatos, from Ancient Greek Θάνατος, from Ancient Greek θνῄσκω, from Ancient Greek -σκω, from Proto-Indo-European -sḱéti — Forms durative or iterative imperfective verbs...
parthanatos (English): A form of apoptosis associated with PARP
Definitions
- A form of apoptosis associated with PARP
Ancestry of “parthanatos”, step by step
parthanatos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Thanatos
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Thanatos | the death drive in Freudian psychoanalysis |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | Θάνατος | Thanatos |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | θνῄσκω | I die; I am dead; to be killed |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -σκω | Primitive suffix used to form present-tense... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -sḱéti | Forms durative or iterative imperfective verbs... |
via English PARP
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | PARP | Representing the sound of a car horn, a trumpet, or breaking wind |