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Where does “elettronarcosi” come from?

elettronarcosi (Italian) comes from Italian narcosi, from Italian -osi, from Ancient Greek -ωσις, from Ancient Greek -σῐς, from Ancient Greek -τις, from Proto-Indo-European -tis — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.

elettronarcosi (Italian): electronarcosis

Definitions

  1. electronarcosis

Ancestry of “elettronarcosi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiannarcosinarcosis; general anesthesia
2Italian-osi-osis
3Ancient Greek-ωσιςabnormal condition or state; state, abnormal...
4Ancient Greek-σῐς"suffix forming nouns"
5Ancient Greek-τιςEarlier form of -σις , retained after dentals δ,...
6Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tis →