English
intussusception
Intussusception may come from French intussusception.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentintussusceptionuncertain
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentintussusceptionuncertain
- Englishtodaysame form
A compound of intus ‘within’ + susceptiō ‘susception’
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’
Proto-Italic *en ‘in’
Latin in ‘in, at’
Latin intus ‘within’
Proto-Indo-European *kap-
Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti ‘to be grasping’
Proto-Italic *kapjō ‘to take, seize’
Archaic Latin kapiō
Latin capiō ‘seize’
Latin suscipiō ‘undertake’
Latin susceptiō ‘susception’
Every English word from French intussusception
Today it means
noun The invagination of one portion of a tubular anatomical structure (especially intestines or blood vessels) within the next.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French intussusception / intussusception