Where does “faringotonsillite” come from?

faringotonsillite (Italian) comes from Italian tonsillite, from Italian tonsilla, from Latin tonsillae, from Proto-Italic *tonslilā, from Proto-Italic tonslis, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.

faringotonsillite (Italian): pharyngotonsillitis

Definitions

  1. pharyngotonsillitis

Ancestry of “faringotonsillite”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiantonsillitetonsillitis
2Italiantonsillatonsil
3Latintonsillaetonsils
4Proto-Italic*tonslilā
5Proto-Italictonslis
6Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ten-