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Where does “sepsi” come from?

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

sepsi (Italian): sepsis

Definitions

  1. sepsis

Ancestry of “sepsi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekσῆψιςputrefaction, sepsis
2Ancient Greek-σῐς"suffix forming nouns"
3Ancient Greek-τιςEarlier form of -σις , retained after dentals δ,...
4Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “sepsi”

  • antisepsi
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tis →