Etymograph

English

haemato-

Haemato- comes from Ancient Greek αἷμα ‘blood’.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEαἷμαhaîma‘blood’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2006haemato-

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEαἷμαhaîma‘blood’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2006haemato-

Earliest quotation: 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day: “Back in the late ’90s, when vampirism became fashionable…”

Linked words

through Ancient Greek αἷμα ‘blood’

anemia, hemoglobin, hematite, 5 more

Today it means

prefix blood

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

Etymograph / Ancient Greek αἷμα / haemato-

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