Where does “toxic shock syndrome” come from?
toxic shock syndrome (English) comes from English shock, from French choquer, from German schockieren, from Spanish chocar, from Portuguese chocar, from Russian шоки́ровать, from Russian -и́ровать, from German -ieren — he, she.
toxic shock syndrome (English): An acute infection caused by Staphylococcus bacteria, characterized by sudden high fever, muscle aches, joint pain, vomiting, diarrhea, dizziness, and fainting
Definitions
- An acute infection caused by Staphylococcus bacteria, characterized by sudden high fever, muscle aches, joint pain, vomiting, diarrhea, dizziness, and fainting
Ancestry of “toxic shock syndrome”, step by step
toxic shock syndrome traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English shock
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | shock | A sudden, heavy impact; A discontinuity arising... |
| 2 | French | choquer | to hit, to collide; to shock |
| 3 | German | schockieren | to shock |
| 4 | Spanish | chocar | to crash; to bump into, to collide with; to... |
| 5 | Portuguese | chocar | to brood; to hatch; to linger |
| 6 | Russian | шоки́ровать | to horrify, to scandalize, to shock |
| 7 | Russian | -и́ровать | a productive verbal suffix, also used to create new verbs, especially from loanwords |
| 8 | German | -ieren | Verb suffix: it and its inflected forms are found... |
| 9 | French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs |
| 10 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 11 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 12 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 13 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 18 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English toxic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | toxic | Having a chemical nature that is harmful to... |
| 2 | French | toxique | toxic |
| 3 | Latin | toxicus | toxic; poisonous |
| 4 | Latin | toxicum | a poison used on the tips of arrows; any poison |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | τοξικόν | poison used on the tips of arrows |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | τοξικός | of or for the bow; skilled in the use of the bow;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |
via English syndrome
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | syndrome | A recognizable pattern of signs, symptoms and/or... |
| 2 | New Latin | syndrome | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | συνδρομή | a concourse of people |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | σύνδρομος | running together |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | δρόμος | race, running; racetrack; course, path |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ός | Forms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | *-os | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |