Where does “radiology” come from?
Radiology comes from English -logy combined with radius, a Latin term meaning "ray" or "spoke."
radiology (English): The use of radioactive substances in diagnosis...
Definitions
- The use of radioactive substances in diagnosis...
Ancestry of “radiology”, step by step
radiology traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English radio
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | radio | The technology that allows for the transmission... |
| 2 | English | radiotelegraphy | The process and techniques of sending telegrams... |
| 3 | English | telegraphy | communication at a distance by means of the... |
| 4 | English | Telegraph | any process for transmitting arbitrarily long messages over a long distance using a symbolic code |
| 5 | French | télégraphe | telegraph |
| 6 | French | télé- | tele- |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | τῆλε | far off, afar, far away |
| 8 | Latin | commūnicāre | — |
| 9 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 10 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 15 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 16 | Middle Dutch | kitte | a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden... |
via English logy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | logy | Slow to respond or react; lethargic; A term... |
| 2 | Dutch | log | lumbering, inert, slow in movement; immobile;... |
| 3 | English | log | The trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches;... |
| 4 | Middle English | logge | large long stick, staff, pole, log |
| 5 | Old French | loge | arbor, covered walk-way; arbour, covered walk-way |
| 6 | Latin | laubĭa | penthouse, gallery, arcade, portico, lodge |
| 7 | Frankish | laubijā | shelter; arbour; shelter, arbour; arbour, shelter |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | laub | leaf; foliage |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | laubą | leaf |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | lewp- | peel, break off; to flake off, peel, damage; to... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | lew- | dirt, mud; to cut, remove, prune, separate; to... |
Words derived from “radiology”
- radiological
- radiologist
- radiologic
- radiologically
- teleradiology
- neuroradiology
- neuroradiologist
- neuroradiologic
- uroradiology
- clinicoradiological
- teleradiological
- palaeoradiology
- paleoradiology
- psychoradiology
- cardioradiology
- electroradiology
- radiolojia
- teleradiologist
- cardioradiological
- cardioradiologist
- neuropsychoradiology
- nonradiological
- uroradiologist
- clinicoradiologically