Etymology

apexcardiogram

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Today it means: A diagnostic image produced by apexcardiography. Full definition →

English cardiogram ← Ancient Greek γράμμα (grámma) ← Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep-
  2. Proto-Italic*apeks
  3. Latinapex
  4. Englishapex
  5. Proto-Indo-European*ḱerd-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ḱḗr
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ḱr̥díyeh₂
  8. Proto-Hellenic*kərdíyā
  9. Ancient Greekκαρδία (kardía)
  10. Englishcardio-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
  12. Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
  13. Ancient Greekγρᾰ́φω (grắphō)
  14. Ancient Greekγράμμα (grámma)
  15. Englishcardiogram
  16. English todayapexcardiogram

From apex + cardiogram.

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