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Where does “urination” come from?

Urination comes from English urine plus the suffix -atus, ultimately derived from Latin orior meaning to arise or originate.

urination (English): The process of passing urine, that is, of...

Definitions

  1. The process of passing urine, that is, of...

Ancestry of “urination”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-ionan action or process, or the result of an action...
2Ancient Greekἀπόγειονapogee, greatest distance from the Earth
3Ancient Greekἀπόfrom, away from; because of, as a result of
4Ancient GreekἭλιοςsun
5Ancient GreekτύποςA blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,...
6Ancient Greekτύπτωto beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself
7Proto-Indo-European(s)tewp-to push, to stick
8Proto-Indo-European(s)tew-to push, to hit
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