Etymology

ballistocardiographic

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English ballistocardiography ← Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ) ← Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō
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  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 Greekκαρδία (kardía)
  14. Englishcardio-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
  16. Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
  17. Ancient Greekγρᾰ́φω (grắphō)
  18. Ancient Greekγραφή (graphḗ)
  19. Englishcardiography
  20. Englishballistocardiography
  21. English todayballistocardiographic

From ballistocardiography + -ic.

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