English

leucoedema

From leuco- + edema.

Proto-Indo-European *lewk- ‘bright’

Proto-Indo-European *lewkós ‘bright’

Proto-Hellenic *leukós ‘white’

Ancient Greek λευκός ‘white’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂oyd-éye-ti

Ancient Greek οἰδέω ‘I swell’

Ancient Greek οἴδημα ‘swelling’

New Latin oedēma ‘oedema: a swelling’

English edema

Today it means

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

Etymograph / leucoedema