Where does “fimose” come from?

fimose (Portuguese) comes from Ancient Greek φίμωσις, from Ancient Greek -σῐς, from Ancient Greek -τις, from Proto-Indo-European -tis — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.

fimose (Portuguese): phimosis

Definitions

  1. phimosis

Ancestry of “fimose”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekφίμωσιςmuzzling, silencing of death; phimosis
2Ancient Greek-σῐς"suffix forming nouns"
3Ancient Greek-τιςretained after dentals
4Proto-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 →