Where does “toxoplasmosis” come from?
Toxoplasmosis comes from French toxoplasmose, combining toxo- with -osis from Ancient Greek -ωσις, derived from -μα, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥.
toxoplasmosis (English): A disease, caused by the parasite Toxoplasma...
Definitions
- A disease, caused by the parasite Toxoplasma...
Ancestry of “toxoplasmosis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | toxoplasmose | toxoplasmosis |
| 2 | English | -osis | functional disease or condition such as... |
| 3 | New Latin | -osis | dative masculine plural of -ōsus; dative feminine... |
Words derived from “toxoplasmosis”