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Where does “edema” come from?

edema (New Latin) comes from Ancient Greek οἴδημα, from Ancient Greek οἰδέω, from Proto-Indo-European h₂oyd-éye-ti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

Ancestry of “edema”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekοἴδημαswelling, tumour
2Ancient Greekοἰδέωto swell, become swollen; of inflated style
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂oyd-éye-ti—
4Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
5Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

Words derived from “edema”

  • edema
  • edematous
  • angioedema
  • papilledema
  • myxedema
  • myxedematous
  • nonedematous
  • scleredema
  • antiedema
  • leukoedema
  • angiooedema
  • edematic
  • antiedematous
  • edematously
  • myxedemic
  • edemogen
  • leucoedema
  • acroedema
  • edema
  • edema
  • edematoso
  • Ödem
  • Lungenödem
  • edema
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