Where does “eclâmpsia” come from?

eclâmpsia (Portuguese) comes from New Latin eclampsia, from French éclampsie, from Ancient Greek ἔκλαμψις, from Ancient Greek -σῐς, from Ancient Greek -τις, from Proto-Indo-European -tis — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.

eclâmpsia (Portuguese): eclampsia

Definitions

  1. eclampsia

Ancestry of “eclâmpsia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1New Latineclampsia—
2Frenchéclampsieeclampsia
3Ancient Greekἔκλαμψιςlightning
4Ancient Greek-σῐς"suffix forming nouns"
5Ancient Greek-τιςretained after dentals
6Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tis →Every word from Ancient Greek -σῐς →Every word from Ancient Greek -τις →