Etymograph

English

lymphohyperplasia

Lymphohyperplasia comes from Ancient Greek πλᾰ́σῐς ‘a moulding, conformation’, and goes back to πλάσσω ‘to form’.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπλάσσωplássō‘to form’
  2. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEπλᾰ́σῐςplắsĭs‘a moulding, conformation’
  3. English1500–presenthyperplasia
  4. Englishtodaylymphohyperplasia

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπλάσσωplássō‘to form’
  2. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEπλᾰ́σῐςplắsĭs‘a moulding, conformation’
  3. English1500–presenthyperplasia
  4. Englishtodaylymphohyperplasia

A compound of lympho- + hyperplasia

Ancient Greek νῠ́μφη ‘bride, young girl’

Latin lympha ‘water, water nymph’

English lympho-

Ancient Greek πλάσσω ‘to form’

Ancient Greek πλᾰ́σῐς ‘a moulding, conformation’

English hyperplasia

Linked words

through Ancient Greek πλάσσω ‘to form’

plastic, plasma, plasmodium, plastique, 12 more

Today it means

noun lymphoid hyperplasia

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

Etymograph / Ancient Greek πλάσσω / lymphohyperplasia