Where does “microtrauma” come from?

microtrauma (Italian) comes from Italian trauma, from Ancient Greek τραῦμα, from Ancient Greek τιτρώσκω, from Proto-Indo-European terh₃- — to hurt.

microtrauma (Italian): microtrauma

Definitions

  1. microtrauma

Ancestry of “microtrauma”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiantraumatrauma
2Ancient Greekτραῦμαwound, hurt; hurt, damage; heavy blow, defeat
3Ancient Greekτιτρώσκωto harm, hurt
4Proto-Indo-Europeanterh₃-to hurt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European terh₃- →Every word from Ancient Greek τιτρώσκω →Every word from Ancient Greek τραῦμα →