Where does “schwannoma” come from?
Schwannoma derives from the English suffix -oma, from Ancient Greek -μα, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥, a nominalizing suffix forming abstract nouns.
schwannoma (English): A benign nerve sheath tumour composed of Schwann...
Definitions
- A benign nerve sheath tumour composed of Schwann...
Ancestry of “schwannoma”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | oma | grandmother, grandma |
| 2 | Tibetan | འོ་མ | — |
| 3 | Tibetan | མ | mother; goddess; negates the following verb in... |
| 4 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | ma | no, not, negative, not have, none |
Words derived from “schwannoma”