English
chytridiomycosis
Chytridiomycosis comes from Ancient Greek χυτρίδιον ‘little pot’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- ‘to pour’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰew-‘to pour’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEχυτρίς
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEχυτρίδιονkhutrídion‘little pot’
- Englishearliest quotation 2010chytridiomycosis
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰew-‘to pour’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEχυτρίς
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEχυτρίδιονkhutrídion‘little pot’
- Englishearliest quotation 2010chytridiomycosis
Earliest quotation: 2010, Ross A. Alford, 2: Declines and the Global Status of Amphibians: “In epidemic outbreaks and when it is present as…”
Formed from chytridio- + mycosis
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- ‘to pour’
god, futile, chemist, gust, giddy, futility, gush, geyser, ingot, 22 more
Today it means
noun An infectious disease of amphibians caused by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (amphibian chytrid fungus) or (chiefly in salamanders and newts) by Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- / chytridiomycosis