Where does “hipocalcemia” come from?
hipocalcemia (Spanish) comes from Spanish calcemia, from Spanish calcio, from English calcium, from English -ium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.
hipocalcemia (Spanish): hypocalcaemia
Definitions
- hypocalcaemia
Ancestry of “hipocalcemia”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | calcemia | calcemia |
| 2 | Spanish | calcio | calcium |
| 3 | English | calcium | The chemical element (symbol Ca) with atomic number 20: a soft, silvery-white alkaline earth metal which occurs naturally as carbonate in limestone and as silicate in many rocks |
| 4 | English | -ium | 1997, Bryan Pfaffenberger, "Official Microsoft... |
| 5 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |