Where does “xerostomic” come from?
xerostomic (English) comes from English xerostomia, from English stoma, from English -y, from Middle English -y, from Old English -iġ, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.
xerostomic (English): Having, or related to, xerostomia
Definitions
- Having, or related to, xerostomia
Ancestry of “xerostomic”, step by step
xerostomic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English xerostomia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | xerostomia | Abnormal dryness of the mouth |
| 2 | English | stoma | One of the tiny pores in the epidermis of a leaf... |
| 3 | English | -y | Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives... |
| 4 | Middle English | -y | Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by... |
| 5 | Old English | -iġ | -y, -ic |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |
via English ic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ic | related or pertaining to; having the character of |