Where does “tuberculosis” come from?
tuberculosis (Spanish) comes from Latin tuberculosis, from Latin -osis, from Ancient Greek -ωσις, from Ancient Greek -σῐς, from Ancient Greek -τις, from Proto-Indo-European -tis — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.
tuberculosis (Spanish): tuberculosis
Ancestry of “tuberculosis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | tuberculosis | dative masculine plural of tūberculōsus; dative... |
| 2 | Latin | -osis | dative masculine plural of -ōsus; dative feminine... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -ωσις | abnormal condition or state; state, abnormal... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -σῐς | "suffix forming nouns" |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -τις | Earlier form of -σις , retained after dentals δ,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |