Where does “sepsis” come from?

sepsis (Finnish) comes from Latin sepsis, from Ancient Greek σῆψις, from Ancient Greek -σῐς, from Ancient Greek -τις, from Proto-Indo-European -tis — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.

sepsis (Finnish): sepsis

Definitions

  1. sepsis

Ancestry of “sepsis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsepsis—
2Ancient Greekσῆψιςputrefaction, sepsis
3Ancient Greek-σῐς"suffix forming nouns"
4Ancient Greek-τιςretained after dentals
5Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tis →Every word from Ancient Greek -σῐς →Every word from Ancient Greek σῆψις →