Etymograph

English

arthritis

Arthritis comes from Ancient Greek ἀρθρῖτις ‘joint-disease, gout’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- ‘to fit’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂er-‘to fit’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂er-dʰromreconstructed
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἄρθρονárthron‘a joint’
  4. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἀρθρῖτιςarthrîtis‘joint-disease, gout’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEarthrītis
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1878arthritis

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂er-‘to fit’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂er-dʰromreconstructed
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἄρθρονárthron‘a joint’
  4. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἀρθρῖτιςarthrîtis‘joint-disease, gout’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEarthrītis
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1878arthritis

Earliest quotation: 1878, Léon Athanese Gosselin, I. Hyperostosis of Right Femur. II. Necrosis of Left Tibia.: “The suppurating osteo-myelitis and arthritis did not assume a…”

Equivalent to arthr- + -itis

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- ‘to fit’

order, reason, ready, rate, army, art, article, arm, ordinary, ratio, alarm, artist, harmony, coordinate, coordination, armor, subordinate, anarchy, ornament, ordination, ornate, harmonic, articulate, adorn, harmonious, ordinate, inert, armament, ordinator, aristocratic, arithmetic, articulation, ordinal, artisan, armadillo, harmonize, ordain, rta, ordo, armature, 80 more

Today it means

noun Inflammation of a joint or joints causing pain and/or disability, swelling and stiffness, and due to various causes such as infection, trauma, degenerative changes or metabolic disorders: any of several disease entities.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- / arthritis

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