English
lithiasis
Lithiasis comes from Ancient Greek λίθος ‘stone’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEλίθοςlíthos‘stone’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEλιθίασιςlithíasis
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElithiasis
- Englishtodaylithiasis
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEλίθοςlíthos‘stone’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEλιθίασιςlithíasis
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElithiasis
- Englishtodaylithiasis
Linked words
through Ancient Greek λίθος ‘stone’
Today it means
noun The process of forming stonelike deposits or calculi formed in an internal organ, such as a gallstone in the gall bladder.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek λίθος / lithiasis