Where does “thrombolytic” come from?
Thrombolytic derives from Latin thrombōlyticus, from Ancient Greek thrombōlytikos, meaning clot-dissolving, from thrombos (clot) and lytikos (able to dissolve).
thrombolytic (English): Of, pertaining to, or causing thrombolysis; Any...
Definitions
- Of, pertaining to, or causing thrombolysis; Any...
Ancestry of “thrombolytic”, step by step
thrombolytic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English tic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tic | A sudden, nonrhythmic motor movement or... |
| 2 | English | ticket | A pass entitling the holder to admission to a... |
| 3 | Middle French | estiquet | a slip of paper with names of witnesses on it |
| 4 | Middle French | estiquier | Alternative form of estacher |
| 5 | Middle French | estacher | to attach |
| 6 | Old French | estachier | Alternative form of atachier; bind; to fasten... |
| 7 | Old French | estache | stake; strap |
| 8 | Medieval Latin | staca | a stake |
| 9 | Gothic | 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌺𐌰 | — |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | stakô | stake |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)teg- | to cover; pole, stick, beam |
via English thrombolysis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | thrombolysis | The breaking down of blood clots by... |
| 2 | English | -lysis | decomposition or breakdown; dissolving;... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | λύσις | loosing, releasing, release, ransoming;... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -σῐς | "suffix forming nouns" |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -τις | retained after dentals |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |