English
leukoencephalomalacia
From leuko- + encephalo- + malacia.
Formed from leuko- + encephalo- + malacia
Proto-Indo-European *lewk- ‘white’
Proto-Hellenic *leukós ‘white’
Ancient Greek λευκός ‘white’
English leuko-
Ancient Greek ἐγκέφαλος ‘brain’
English encephalo-
Ancient Greek μᾰλᾰκός ‘soft’
Ancient Greek μαλακία ‘softness, sickness’
Latin malacia ‘a calm at sea, dead calm’
English malacia
Today it means
noun A neurotoxic disease of horses.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / leukoencephalomalacia