Where does “polyneuropathy” come from?
Polyneuropathy comes from English poly- and neuropathy, which derives from English neuro- and -pathy, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European snḗh₁wr̥ meaning nerve and pleh₁- meaning to fill or be full.
polyneuropathy (English): Any of several diseases involving several...
Definitions
- Any of several diseases involving several...
Ancestry of “polyneuropathy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | neuropathy | Any disease of the peripheral nervous system |
| 2 | English | pathy | A therapy |
| 3 | English | -pathy | suffering, feeling; Damage to, disease of, or... |
| 4 | English | -y | Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives... |
| 5 | Middle English | -y | Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by... |
| 6 | Old English | -iġ | -y, -ic |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |