English
listhesis
Listhesis comes from Ancient Greek ὀλισθάνω ‘to slip, to slide’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₃sleydʰ-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃sleydʰ-‘to slip, slide’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃sléydʰ-t ~ *h₃slidʰ-éntreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEὀλισθάνωolisthánō‘to slip, to slide’
- Englishearliest quotation 2015listhesis
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃sleydʰ-‘to slip, slide’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃sléydʰ-t ~ *h₃slidʰ-éntreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEὀλισθάνωolisthánō‘to slip, to slide’
- Englishearliest quotation 2015listhesis
Earliest quotation: 2015, Atul Goel, Craniovertebral Junction Instability: A Review of Facts abou: “Type 1 facetal malalignment was when the facet of…”
first attested The word first appears in a 1912 medical terminology reference (as stated in the etymology)
The story
The second element would be more accurately written olisthesis; it is from Ancient Greek ὀλισθάνω (olisthánō, “to slip, to slide”). The word first appears in a 1912 medical terminology reference.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₃sleydʰ- ‘to slip, slide’
Today it means
noun A forward (anterior) displacement (slippage) of a vertebra over a lower segment.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₃sleydʰ- / listhesis