Where does “postcoronary” come from?
postcoronary (English) comes from English coronary, from Latin corōnārius, from Latin corōna, from Spanish -illa, from Old Spanish -iella, from Latin -ella, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
postcoronary (English): After coronary thrombosis
Definitions
- After coronary thrombosis
Ancestry of “postcoronary”, step by step
postcoronary traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English coronary
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | coronary | Pertaining to a crown or garland; Encircling... |
| 2 | Latin | corōnārius | crown, garland, wreath |
| 3 | Latin | corōna | chaplet, laurel, or wreath; presented to athletes, the gods, or the dead |
| 4 | Spanish | -illa | Added to feminine nouns to denote a diminutive... |
| 5 | Old Spanish | -iella | A diminutive suffix |
| 6 | Latin | -ella | inflection of -ellus: ## nominative/vocative... |
| 7 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 8 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via English post
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | post | A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground;... |
| 2 | Middle French | poste | — |
| 3 | Italian | posta | mail, post; post office; stakes |
| 4 | Italian | posto | place, spot |
| 5 | Latin | positus | placed; ordained |
| 6 | Latin | pōnō | to place; to put; to lay |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | poznō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | pozinō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | sinō | — |