Where does “rickettsiemia” come from?

rickettsiemia (English) comes from English Rickettsia, from Translingual Rickettsia, from English Ricketts, from English Rickett, from English Richard, from Middle English Rycharde, from Old French Richard, from Medieval Latin Richardus — to straighten, to right oneself; right; just.

rickettsiemia (English): The presence of rickettsia in the blood

Definitions

  1. The presence of rickettsia in the blood

Ancestry of “rickettsiemia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishRickettsiaAny of a group of gram-negative bacteria, of the genus Rickettsia, carried as parasites by ticks, fleas and lice, that cause typhus and other diseases
2TranslingualRickettsiagenus
3EnglishRicketts
4EnglishRickett
5EnglishRichardA turd
6Middle EnglishRycharde
7Old FrenchRichard
8Medieval LatinRichardus
9FrankishRīkahard
10Proto-GermanicRīkaharduzA male given name
11Proto-Germanicrīksking, ruler
12Proto-Celticrīxsking
13Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃rḗǵsking, ruler
14Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃reǵ-to straighten, to right oneself; right; just
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃reǵ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃rḗǵsEvery word from Proto-Celtic rīxs
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