Where does “convulsiō” come from?
convulsiō (Latin) comes from Latin convulsus, from Latin convellere, from Latin convello, from Latin vello, from Proto-Italic welnō, from Proto-Indo-European welh₃- — to hit, to strike.
convulsiō (Latin): convulsion
Definitions
- convulsion
Ancestry of “convulsiō”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | convulsus | shattered, battered, convulsed; overthrown |
| 2 | Latin | convellere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 3 | Latin | convello | I shatter, batter, convulse; I overthrow |
| 4 | Latin | vello | I pluck out; I depilate; I pull or tear down; I... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | welnō | to pull, tear |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | welh₃- | to hit, to strike |
Words derived from “convulsiō”
- convulsive
- convulsion
- convulsively
- electroconvulsive
- nonconvulsive
- anticonvulsive
- convulsionary
- convulsiveness
- convulsionist
- proconvulsive
- convulsional
- convulsion
- convulsión
- convulsión
- convulsió
- convulsión
- convulsion
- convulsão
- convulsione
- konwulsja
- convulsif
- post-micturition convulsion syndrome
- anticonvulsionante
- anticonvulsion