Where does “enterocolitis” come from?

enterocolitis (Spanish) comes from Spanish entero-, from Ancient Greek ἔντερον, from Proto-Indo-European h₁énteros, from Proto-Indo-European -teros — Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix.

enterocolitis (Spanish): enterocolitis

Definitions

  1. enterocolitis

Ancestry of “enterocolitis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishentero-entero
2Ancient Greekἔντερονguts, viscera intestine, gut, belly, bowel, womb;...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énterosinside, within
4Proto-Indo-European-terosContrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -teros →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énteros →Every word from Ancient Greek ἔντερον →