Etymology

alloimmunity

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Today it means: Immunity, obtained from another, against one's own cells. Full definition →

English alloimmune ← 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. Englishimmunity
  7. Englishallo-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*mey-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*moy-nós
  10. Proto-Italic*moinos
  11. Latinmūnus
  12. Proto-Indo-European*né
  13. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  14. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  15. Latinin-
  16. Latinin- -is
  17. Latinimmūnis
  18. Middle Frenchimmun
  19. Englishimmune
  20. Englishallo-
  21. Englishimmune
  22. Englishalloimmune
  23. English todayalloimmunity

From allo- + immunity, or from allo- + immune + -ity, or from alloimmune + -ity.

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