Etymology

alloimmune

A1L1L1O1I1M3M3U1N1E1

Today it means: Characterized by alloimmunity, which is immunity, obtained from a tissue graft from another person, against one's own cells. Full definition →

English immune ← Middle French immun ← Latin immūnis
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élyos
  3. Proto-Hellenic*ál͏̌l͏̌os
  4. Ancient Greekᾰ̓́λλος (ắllos)
  5. Englishallo-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*mey-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*moy-nós
  8. Proto-Italic*moinos
  9. Latinmūnus
  10. Proto-Indo-European*né
  11. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  12. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  13. Latinin-
  14. Latinin- -is
  15. Latinimmūnis
  16. Middle Frenchimmun
  17. Englishimmune
  18. English todayalloimmune

From allo- + immune.

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