Etymology

cardioperfusion

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Today it means: perfusion of the heart Full definition →

English perfusion ← Middle French perfusion ← Latin perfūsiō
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱerd-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱḗr
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ḱr̥díyeh₂
  4. Proto-Hellenic*kərdíyā
  5. Ancient Greekκαρδία (kardía)
  6. Englishcardio-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  8. Proto-Italic*peri-
  9. Latinper-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰew-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰewd-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰunédti
  13. Proto-Italic*hundō
  14. Latinfundō
  15. Latinperfundō
  16. Latinperfūsiō
  17. Middle Frenchperfusion
  18. Englishperfusion
  19. English todaycardioperfusion

From cardio- + perfusion.

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