Where does “broncolitico” come from?

broncolitico (Italian) comes from Italian litico, from Spanish lisis, from Latin lysis, from Ancient Greek λύσις, from Ancient Greek -σῐς, from Ancient Greek -τις, from Proto-Indo-European -tis — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.

broncolitico (Italian): broncholytic; broncholytic agent, broncholytic...

Definitions

  1. broncholytic; broncholytic agent, broncholytic...

Ancestry of “broncolitico”, step by step

broncolitico traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian litico

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianliticolytic; lithic; lithic, stone
2Spanishlisislysis
3Latinlysisloosening; rupture
4Ancient Greekλύσιςloosing, releasing, release, ransoming;...
5Ancient Greek-σῐς"suffix forming nouns"
6Ancient Greek-τιςretained after dentals
7Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots

via Italian bronco

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianbroncoA thorny branch; bronchus, bronchial tube
2Late Latinbronchus
3Ancient Greek-itis
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tis