Etymograph

English

varicosity

Varicosity comes from Latin varicōsus ‘varicose, full of dilated veins’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *wers- ‘highland, high’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wers-‘highland, high’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvarix‘varicose vein’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEvaricōsus‘varicose, full of dilated veins’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEvaricōsitās
  5. Englishtodayvaricosity

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wers-‘highland, high’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvarix‘varicose vein’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEvaricōsus‘varicose, full of dilated veins’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEvaricōsitās
  5. Englishtodayvaricosity

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *wers- ‘highland, high’

war, horse, warrior, 9 more

Today it means

noun An enlarged vessel or nerve, particularly a blood vessel.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *wers- / varicosity

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