Where does “peritonit” come from?

peritonit (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish پریتونیت, from French péritonite, from French péritoine, from Late Latin peritonaeum, from Ancient Greek περιτόναιον, from Ancient Greek περιτόναιος, from Ancient Greek περίτονος, from Ancient Greek περῐ- — to push, to hit.

peritonit (Turkish): peritonitis

Definitions

  1. peritonitis

Ancestry of “peritonit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishپریتونیت
2Frenchpéritoniteperitonitis
3Frenchpéritoineperitoneum
4Late Latinperitonaeumperitoneum
5Ancient Greekπεριτόναιονmembrane which contains the lower viscera;...
6Ancient Greekπεριτόναιοςstretched or strained over, especially of the...
7Ancient Greekπερίτονοςcovered with something stretched over
8Ancient Greekπερῐ-around; very; round about
9New Latinheliumhelium
10Ancient GreekἭλιοςsun
11Ancient GreekτύποςA blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,...
12Ancient Greekτύπτωto beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself
13Proto-Indo-European(s)tewp-to push, to stick
14Proto-Indo-European(s)tew-to push, to hit
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