Where does “nefrolog” come from?
nefrolog (Romanian) comes from Romanian nefrologie, from French néphrologie, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
nefrolog (Romanian): nephrologist
Definitions
- nephrologist
Ancestry of “nefrolog”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | nefrologie | nephrology |
| 2 | French | néphrologie | nephrology |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |