Where does “thrombocytopenia” come from?
Thrombocytopenia comes from English thrombocyte combined with English -penia, ultimately deriving from Ancient Greek κύτος meaning "vessel" or "container" via Proto-Indo-European (s)kewH-.
thrombocytopenia (English): An abnormally low number of platelets in the...
Definitions
- An abnormally low number of platelets in the...
Ancestry of “thrombocytopenia”, step by step
thrombocytopenia traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English cytopenic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cytopenic | Exhibiting or relating to cytopenia |
| 2 | English | -ic | Used to form adjectives from nouns with the... |
| 3 | English | image | An optical or other representation of a real... |
| 4 | French | image | picture, image; frame; first-person singular... |
| 5 | Portuguese | imagem | image; picture; figure; image; image; face |
| 6 | Spanish | imagen | image |
| 7 | Italian | immagine | image; imago |
| 8 | Latin | imāginem | — |
| 9 | Latin | im- | Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in |
| 10 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 11 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 12 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English thrombocyte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | thrombocyte | platelet |
| 2 | English | -cyte | Used to form cell names and classifications for... |
| 3 | Latin | cyta | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | κύτος | a hollow; any vessel; e.g. a jar, an urn, a vase,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kewH- | to cover, bedeck; cover |