Where does “pulsioxímetro” come from?
pulsioxímetro (Spanish) comes from Spanish oxímetro, from Spanish metro, from French métro, from French métropolitain, from Latin mētropolītānus, from Ancient Greek μητροπολίτης, from Ancient Greek μητρόπολις, from Ancient Greek πόλις — fortification, city.
pulsioxímetro (Spanish): pulse oximeter
Definitions
- pulse oximeter
Ancestry of “pulsioxímetro”, step by step
pulsioxímetro traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish oxímetro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | oxímetro | oximeter |
| 2 | Spanish | metro | meter; measuring tape; ruler |
| 3 | French | métro | metro; subway US, underground UK, Tube UK |
| 4 | French | métropolitain | metropolitan; subway, underground; Person from... |
| 5 | Latin | mētropolītānus | metropolitan |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μητροπολίτης | metropolitan |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μητρόπολις | mother-state; one's mother-city, mother country,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πόλις | city; a whole country, as dependent on and called... |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | ptólis | city |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | tpólHis | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | tpelH- | fortification, city |
via Spanish pulso
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | pulso | pulse; arm-wrestle |
| 2 | Old Spanish | pulso | pulse |
| 3 | Latin | pulsus | pulse, impulse, beat, stroke; expelled, kicked... |
| 4 | Latin | pellō | to push, drive, hurl, impel, propel; expel, banish, eject, thrust out |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | pelnō | approach, go to; bring close |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pelh₂- | to approach |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pel- | to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold |