Where does “transthoracic” come from?
Transthoracic comes from English trans- and thoracic, which derives from Ancient Greek θωρακικός, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European terh₂- meaning to dry or parch.
transthoracic (English): Across the thorax
Definitions
- Across the thorax
Ancestry of “transthoracic”, step by step
transthoracic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English trans
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | trans | In a double bond in which the greater radical on... |
| 2 | English | transgender | Having a gender which is different from the sex... |
| 3 | English | gender | kind |
| 4 | Middle English | gender | — |
| 5 | Middle French | gendre | — |
| 6 | Latin | genus | birth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | genos | lineage, origin |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |
via English thoracic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | thoracic | Of the thorax; One of a group of fishes having... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | θωρακικός | suffering in the chest, of the thorax |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -ικός | of or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -κός | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |