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Where does “alipainetauti” come from?

alipainetauti (Finnish) comes from Finnish alipaine, from Finnish äli-, from Finnish Ali, from Finnish Aleksanteri, from Latin Alexander, from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος, from Ancient Greek ἀλέξω, from Ancient Greek ἀνδρός.

alipainetauti (Finnish): decompression sickness, bends

Definitions

  1. decompression sickness, bends

Ancestry of “alipainetauti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishalipaineunderpressure
2Finnishäli-—
3FinnishAli—
4FinnishAleksanteriAlexander
5LatinAlexander—
6Ancient GreekἈλέξανδροςAlexander
7Ancient Greekἀλέξωto keep off, turn aside; to guard, protect,...
8Ancient Greekἀνδρόςgenitive singular of ἀνήρ; man; of man
9Ancient Greekἀνήρman; husband; human being, as opposed to a god
10Proto-Hellenic*anḗr—
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