ballistocardiac

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷelH-
2. Proto-Hellenic*gʷəlnō
3. Ancient Greekβᾰ́λλω (bắllō)
4. Ancient Greekβαλλίστρᾱ (ballístrā)
5. Classical Latinballista
6. New Latinballisticu
7. Englishballistic
8. Englishballisto-
9. Proto-Indo-European*ḱerd-
10. Proto-Indo-European*ḱḗr
11. Proto-Indo-European*ḱr̥díyeh₂
12. Proto-Hellenic*kərdíyā
13. Ancient Greekκᾰρδῐ́ᾱ (kărdĭ́ā)
14. Ancient Greekκᾰρδῐᾰκός (kărdĭăkós)
15. Latincardiacus
16. Middle Frenchcardiaque
17. Englishcardiac
18. English todayballistocardiac

From ballisto- + cardiac.