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Where does “ユーサネイジア” come from?

ユーサネイジア (Japanese) comes from English euthanasia, from Ancient Greek εὐθανασία, from Ancient Greek Θάνατος, from Ancient Greek θνῄσκω, from Ancient Greek -σκω, from Proto-Indo-European -sḱéti — Forms durative or iterative imperfective verbs...

ユーサネイジア (Japanese): euthanasia

Definitions

  1. euthanasia

Ancestry of “ユーサネイジア”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglisheuthanasiaThe practice of intentionally and painlessly...
2Ancient Greekεὐθανασία—
3Ancient GreekΘάνατος—
4Ancient GreekθνῄσκωI die; I am dead; to be killed
5Ancient Greek-σκωPrimitive suffix used to form present-tense...
6Proto-Indo-European-sḱétiForms durative or iterative imperfective verbs...
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