Etymology of “Φθίσις”
Tracing the origin and linguistic journey from Ancient Greek
Source language
Ancient Greek
Ancestry links
2
Descendants
5
Word Origin Summary
Φθίσις is attested in Ancient Greek. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.
Ancestry Chain
Descendants and Related Terms
- Schwindsucht
German · derived from
- tisis
Cebuano · derived from
- ftyzjo-
Polish · derived from
- phthisis
English · derived from
- nephronophthisis
English · derived from
What You Can Explore
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- 🔤Cognates — related words in other languages sharing the same root