Where does “sistolic” come from?
sistolic (Romanian) comes from French systolique, from French systole, from Ancient Greek συστολή, from Ancient Greek συστέλλω, from Ancient Greek στέλλω, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
sistolic (Romanian): systolic
Definitions
- systolic
Ancestry of “sistolic”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | systolique | systolic |
| 2 | French | systole | systole |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | συστολή | contraction, drawing together; contraction of the... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | συστέλλω | To draw together: shorten sail; to draw in,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | στέλλω | I make ready, prepare; I furnish, dress; I... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ός | Forms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | *-os | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |