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
Ancestry of “microtrauma”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | trauma | trauma |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | τραῦμα | wound, hurt; hurt, damage; heavy blow, defeat |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | τιτρώσκω | to harm, hurt |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₃- | to hurt |