English
rhexis
Rhexis comes from Ancient Greek ῥῆξις ‘breaking’, and goes back to ῥήγνῡμῐ.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEῥήγνῡμῐ‘break’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEῥῆξιςrhêxis‘breaking’
- Englishearliest quotation 2006rhexis
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEῥήγνῡμῐ‘break’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEῥῆξιςrhêxis‘breaking’
- Englishearliest quotation 2006rhexis
Earliest quotation: 2006, Mastering the Techniques of Presbyopia S: “Many times if the rhexis is incomplete, one might…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *wreh₁ǵ- ‘to break’
Today it means
noun The rupture of an organ.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ῥήγνῡμῐ / rhexis