Where does “postoperativ” come from?
postoperativ (German) comes from German operativ, from Latin operativus, from Latin operō, from Latin Opus, from Ancient Greek Ὀποῦς, from Ancient Greek ὀπός, from Proto-Indo-European sokʷós, from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ- — to follow; to see; to say.
postoperativ (German): postoperative
Ancestry of “postoperativ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | German | operativ | operational; operative |
| 2 | Latin | operativus | creative, formative |
| 3 | Latin | operō | — |
| 4 | Latin | Opus | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Ὀποῦς | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ὀπός | juice, vegetable/plant juice; fig-juice |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sokʷós | juice of plants |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |