Where does “hemodiálise” come from?
hemodiálise (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese hemo-, from Ancient Greek αἷμα, from Latin globus, from Proto-Indo-European gel- — to be cold, to freeze.
hemodiálise (Portuguese): hemodialysis
Ancestry of “hemodiálise”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | hemo- | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | αἷμα | blood |
| 3 | Latin | globus | any round object; a sphere; a globe; a glob,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | gel- | to be cold, to freeze |