Etymology

acidosis

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Today it means: An abnormally increased acidity of the blood. Full definition →

English acid ← French acide ← Latin acidu
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱéh₁yeti
  3. Proto-Italic*akēō
  4. Latinaceō
  5. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  6. Latinacidu
  7. Frenchacide
  8. Englishacid
  9. English todayacidosis

From acid + -osis.

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