Etymology

-osis

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New Latin -ōsis ← Ancient Greek -ωσις
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived from-ωσις“state, abnormal condition, or action”
  2. New Latin · learned borrowing from-ōsis
  3. English today-osis

Learned borrowing from New Latin -ōsis, from Ancient Greek -ωσις (-ōsis, “state, abnormal condition, or action”), from -όω (-óō) stem verbs + -σις (-sis).

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