English
laevocardiogram
Laevocardiogram comes from Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω ‘to scratch, cut into’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- ‘to carve’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gerbʰ-‘to carve’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*grə́pʰō‘to scratch, cut or carve into’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγρᾰ́φωgrắphō‘to scratch, cut into’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEγράμμαgrámma
- English1500–presentcardiogram
- Englishtodaylaevocardiogram
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gerbʰ-‘to carve’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*grə́pʰō‘to scratch, cut or carve into’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγρᾰ́φωgrắphō‘to scratch, cut into’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEγράμμαgrámma
- English1500–presentcardiogram
- Englishtodaylaevocardiogram
A compound of laevo- + cardiogram
Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- ‘to carve’
Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō ‘to scratch, cut or carve into’
Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω ‘to scratch, cut into’
Ancient Greek γράμμα
English cardiogram
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- ‘to carve’
grammar, crawl, crab, carve, crawfish, astrophotography, 79 more
through Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō ‘to scratch, cut or carve into’
photo, cinema, graphic, graphite, graphene, epigram, 73 more
through Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω ‘to scratch, cut into’
photography, graffiti, graft, demography, ultrasonography, epigraph, sonography, 40 more
through Ancient Greek γράμμα
Today it means
noun A cardiogram of the left side of the heart
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- / laevocardiogram