English
ankylosis
Ankylosis comes from Ancient Greek ἀγκύλωσις ‘a stiffening of the joints’, from ἀγκυλόω ‘to crook, bend’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enk-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂enk-‘to bend’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀγκύλοςankúlos‘bent, crooked’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἀγκυλόωankulóō‘to crook, bend’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἀγκύλωσιςankúlōsis‘a stiffening of the joints’
- Englishearliest quotation 1914ankylosis
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂enk-‘to bend’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀγκύλοςankúlos‘bent, crooked’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἀγκυλόωankulóō‘to crook, bend’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἀγκύλωσιςankúlōsis‘a stiffening of the joints’
- Englishearliest quotation 1914ankylosis
Earliest quotation: 1914, Brand Whitlock, Forty Years of It: “Yet in using the word democracy, one must plead…”
Equivalent to ankyl- + -osis
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂enk- ‘to bend’
Today it means
noun The growing together of bones to form a single unit.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂enk- / ankylosis