Where does “pyelonephritis” come from?

Pyelonephritis is a modern English medical term formed with the suffix -itis, ultimately derived from Ancient Greek νεφρός and Ancient Greek -ῖτις, denoting inflammation of the kidneys.

pyelonephritis (English): An ascending urinary tract infection of the renal...

Definitions

  1. An ascending urinary tract infection of the renal...

Ancestry of “pyelonephritis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnephritisInflammation of the kidney
2Ancient Greekνεφρῖτιςa disease of the kidney
3Ancient Greekνεφρόςkidney; testicle; mind
4Proto-Hellenic*nekʷʰróskidney
5Proto-Indo-Europeannegʷʰróskidney

Words derived from “pyelonephritis”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European negʷʰrós →Every word from Proto-Hellenic *nekʷʰrós →Every word from Ancient Greek νεφρός →