Where does “Leukämie” come from?

Leukämie (German) comes from German -ämie, from Ancient Greek αἷμα, from Latin globus, from Proto-Indo-European gel- — to be cold, to freeze.

Leukämie (German): leukemia

Definitions

  1. leukemia

Ancestry of “Leukämie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1German-ämie-aemia, -emia
2Ancient Greekαἷμαblood
3Latinglobusany round object; a sphere; a globe; a glob,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeangel-to be cold, to freeze

Words derived from “Leukämie”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gel- →Every word from Latin globus →Every word from Ancient Greek αἷμα →