Where does “ischemia” come from?

ischemia (Italian) comes from Latin ischaemia, from Ancient Greek ἴσχαιμος, from Ancient Greek αἷμα, from Latin globus, from Proto-Indo-European gel- — to be cold, to freeze.

ischemia (Italian): ischaemia, ischemia

Definitions

  1. ischaemia, ischemia

Ancestry of “ischemia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinischaemiaischemia
2Ancient Greekἴσχαιμοςstaunching blood, styptic
3Ancient Greekαἷμαblood
4Latinglobusany round object; a sphere; a globe; a glob,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeangel-to be cold, to freeze

Words derived from “ischemia”

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