Where does “vasodilation” come from?
Vasodilation is a compound of vaso- (from Latin vas, meaning vessel) and dilation (from Latin dilatāre, meaning to spread wide).
vasodilation (English): Dilation or widening of the blood vessels
Definitions
- Dilation or widening of the blood vessels
Ancestry of “vasodilation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dilation | The act of dilating; State of being dilated;... |
| 2 | English | dilate | To enlarge; to make bigger; To become wider or... |
| 3 | Middle English | dilaten | — |
| 4 | Old French | dilater | — |
| 5 | Latin | dīlātō | to spread out, extend, dilate |
| 6 | Latin | differō | to carry different ways, spread, scatter, disperse, separate |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |