Etymology

byssinosis

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Today it means: A lung disease, caused by exposure to cotton dust in inadequately ventilated working environments. Full definition →

Late Latin byssinum ← Latin byssus ← New Latin -osis
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  1. New Latin · derived from-osis
  2. Latin · derived frombyssus
  3. Late Latin · derived frombyssinum“linen cloth”
  4. English todaybyssinosis

From Late Latin byssinum (“linen cloth”) via Latin byssus + New Latin -osis.

Words from the same roots

Latinbyssus all →

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