Where does “感染症” come from?
感染症 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 感染, from English affection, from French affection, from Italian affetto, from Spanish afección, from Latin affectio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
感染症 (Japanese): infectious disease
Definitions
- infectious disease
Ancestry of “感染症”, step by step
感染症 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 感染
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 感染 | infection, contagion; to become infected, to... |
| 2 | English | affection | The act of affecting or acting upon; The state of... |
| 3 | French | affection | affection, love, fondness; medical condition,... |
| 4 | Italian | affetto | affection; the object of one's affection;... |
| 5 | Spanish | afección | A complaint, usually medical or legal; A medical... |
| 6 | Latin | affectio | The relation or disposition towards something... |
| 7 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 8 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 9 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 10 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 11 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 12 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 13 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |