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Where does “sistole” come from?

sistole (Italian) comes from Dutch systole, from French systole, from Ancient Greek συστολή, from Ancient Greek συστέλλω, from Ancient Greek στέλλω, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

sistole (Italian): systole; plural of sistola

Definitions

  1. systole; plural of sistola

Ancestry of “sistole”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchsystolesystole
2Frenchsystolesystole
3Ancient Greekσυστολήcontraction, drawing together; contraction of the...
4Ancient GreekσυστέλλωTo draw together: shorten sail; to draw in,...
5Ancient GreekστέλλωI make ready, prepare; I furnish, dress; I...
6Ancient Greek-ός—
7Proto-Hellenic*-os—
8Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Words derived from “sistole”

  • extrasistole
  • estrasistole
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