Where does “ureteroscopy” come from?
ureteroscopy (English) comes from English scopy, from English Y, from English yuri, from Japanese 百合, from Japanese 連用形, from Japanese 見る, from Japanese 夢, from Old Japanese 夢.
ureteroscopy (English): Visual inspection of the ureter by means of a...
Definitions
- Visual inspection of the ureter by means of a...
Ancestry of “ureteroscopy”, step by step
ureteroscopy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English scopy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | scopy | Alternative form of scopey |
| 2 | English | Y | A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y; A... |
| 3 | English | yuri | A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or... |
| 4 | Japanese | 百合 | lily |
| 5 | Japanese | 連用形 | an inflectional category: the continuative or... |
| 6 | Japanese | 見る | to see, to watch, to observe, to look at... |
| 7 | Japanese | 夢 | a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state... |
| 8 | Old Japanese | 夢 | a dream |
| 9 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 10 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |
via English ureter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ureter | Either of the two long, narrow ducts that carry... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | οὐρητήρ | = οὐρήθρα; οὐρητῆρες the ducts which convey the... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | οὐρέω | I make water, urinate; I pass with the water; I... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -έω | Used to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |