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Where does “spondylodiscitis” come from?

spondylodiscitis (English) comes from English discitis, from English disc, from French disque, from Latin discus, from Proto-Italic diskō, from Proto-Italic dikskō, from Proto-Indo-European di-dḱ-ské-ti, from Proto-Indo-European deḱ- — take; perceive.

spondylodiscitis (English): A combination of discitis and spondylitis, the...

Definitions

  1. A combination of discitis and spondylitis, the...

Ancestry of “spondylodiscitis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdiscitisAn infection in the intervertebral disc space
2EnglishdiscA thin, flat, circular plate or similar object;...
3Frenchdisquedisc
4Latindiscusa discus, quoit; a dish shaped like a discus;...
5Proto-Italicdiskōlearn
6Proto-Italicdikskō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeandi-dḱ-ské-ti—
8Proto-Indo-Europeandeḱ-take; perceive
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