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Where does “emerowdes” come from?

emerowdes (Middle English) comes from Old French emorroides, from Latin haemorrhoidae, from Ancient Greek αἱμορροΐς, from Ancient Greek αἱμόρροος, from Ancient Greek αἷμα, from Latin globus, from Proto-Indo-European gel- — to be cold, to freeze.

emerowdes (Middle English): Alternative form of emeroides

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of emeroides

Ancestry of “emerowdes”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchemorroides—
2Latinhaemorrhoidae—
3Ancient Greekαἱμορροΐς—
4Ancient Greekαἱμόρροοςflowing with blood
5Ancient Greekαἷμαblood
6Latinglobusany round object; a sphere; a globe; a glob,...
7Proto-Indo-Europeangel-to be cold, to freeze

Words derived from “emerowdes”

  • hemorrhoidal
  • hemorrhoid
  • hemorrhoidectomy
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