Where does “septicemia” come from?
Septicemia comes from Latin -emia combined with Ancient Greek σηπτικός, from Ancient Greek σηπτός, from Ancient Greek σήπειν meaning to make rotten, from Ancient Greek σήψ.
septicemia (English): A disease caused by the presence of pathogenic...
Definitions
- A disease caused by the presence of pathogenic...
Ancestry of “septicemia”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | septicus | septic; putrefying |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | σηπτικός | putrefactive, septic |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | σηπτός | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | σήπω | I make rotten or putrid; I rot, moulder |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | σήψ | putrefying sore; a kind of lizard, also a kind of... |
Words derived from “septicemia”