Where does “mucormicosis” come from?
mucormicosis (Spanish) comes from Translingual Mucor, from Latin mucor, from Latin -or, from Proto-Italic -ōs, from Proto-Indo-European -ōs, from Proto-Indo-European -oss, from Proto-Indo-European -os — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
mucormicosis (Spanish): mucormycosis
Definitions
- mucormycosis
Ancestry of “mucormicosis”, step by step
mucormicosis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Translingual Mucor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Translingual | Mucor | genus |
| 2 | Latin | mucor | bread-mold, moldiness; wine-must |
| 3 | Latin | -or | used to form a third-declension masculine... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -ōs | Creates masculine action nouns or result nouns... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōs | Creates masculine and feminine action nouns or... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -oss | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |
via Spanish micosis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | micosis | mycosis |
| 2 | French | mycose | mycosis |
| 3 | French | -ose | -osis, a functional disease or condition; -ose, a... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ωσις | abnormal condition or state; state, abnormal... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -σῐς | "suffix forming nouns" |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τις | retained after dentals |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |