Where does “prionitauti” come from?
prionitauti (Finnish) comes from Finnish prioni, from English Prion, from Translingual Prion, from Ancient Greek πρίων, from Ancient Greek πρίω — to saw; to grind or gnash; to seize as with the...
prionitauti (Finnish): prion disease
Definitions
- prion disease
Ancestry of “prionitauti”, step by step
prionitauti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish prioni
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | prioni | prion |
| 2 | English | Prion | A self-propagating misfolded conformer of a protein that is responsible for a number of diseases that affect the brain and other neural tissue |
| 3 | Translingual | Prion | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πρίων | saw; trephine, trepan; ridge of hills |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πρίω | to saw; to grind or gnash; to seize as with the... |