Etymograph

English

endostosis

Endostosis comes from New Latin endostosis.

  1. New Latinc. 1500–1900endostosis
  2. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. New Latinc. 1500–1900endostosis
  2. Englishtodaysame form

Equivalent to endo- + ostosis

Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥dóm ‘inside’

Proto-Hellenic *éndon

Ancient Greek ἔνδον ‘inner’

English endo-

Today it means

noun A process of bone formation in which ossification takes place within the substance of the cartilage.

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

Etymograph / New Latin endostosis / endostosis