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Where does “systolic” come from?

Systolic comes from English systole, French -ique, Latin -icus, and Ancient Greek σύν, all descended from Proto-Indo-European sem-.

systolic (English): Pertaining to a systole or heart contraction;...

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to a systole or heart contraction;...

Ancestry of “systolic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
2EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
3Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
4Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
5Spanishimagenimage
6Italianimmagineimage; imago
7Latinimāginem—
8Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
9Latinīn-—
10Latinîn—
11Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
12Proto-Italicenin
13Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “systolic”

  • presystolic
  • holosystolic
  • asystolic
  • parasystolic
  • systolically
  • nonsystolic
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