Where does “stomatitis” come from?

Stomatitis comes from Ancient Greek στόμα meaning mouth, combined with the suffix -itis meaning inflammation, ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European stomen-.

stomatitis (English): An inflammation of parts of the mucous membrane...

Definitions

  1. An inflammation of parts of the mucous membrane...

Ancestry of “stomatitis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishitisA medical condition accompanied by inflammation;...
2English-itisSuffix denoting diseases characterized by...
3New Latin-ītis—
4Ancient Greek-ῖτιςfemale equivalent of -ίτης

Words derived from “stomatitis”

Every word from Ancient Greek -ῖτις →Every word from English -itis →Every word from English itis →