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

  1. A benign nerve sheath tumour composed of Schwann...

Ancestry of “schwannoma”, step by step

schwannoma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English oma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishomagrandmother, grandma
2Tibetanའོ་མmilk
3Tibetanམmother; goddess; negates the following verb in...
4Proto-Sino-Tibetanmano, not, negative, not have, none

via English Schwann

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSchwann—

Words derived from “schwannoma”

Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan ma →Every word from Tibetan མ →Every word from Tibetan འོ་མ →