English
necrosis
Necrosis comes from Ancient Greek νέκρωσις ‘a state of death, deadness’, and goes back to νεκρόω ‘I make dead, I am dead’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEνεκρόω‘I make dead, I am dead’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEνέκρωσιςnékrōsis‘a state of death, deadness’
- Englishearliest quotation 2015necrosis
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEνεκρόω‘I make dead, I am dead’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEνέκρωσιςnékrōsis‘a state of death, deadness’
- Englishearliest quotation 2015necrosis
Earliest quotation: 2015, Single Pathogen Challenge with Agents of the Bovine Respirat: “These included multilobular consolidation with histiological lesions of bronchiolitis…”
Formed from necro- + -osis
Every English word from Ancient Greek νεκρόω
Today it means
noun The localized death of cells or tissues through injury, disease, or the interruption of blood supply.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek νεκρόω / necrosis