Etymology

debridement

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Today it means: The removal of dead, damaged, or infected tissue to improve the healing potential of the remaining healthy tissue. Full definition →

French débridement ← Latin dē- ← Proto-Italic *dē
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  3. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  4. Proto-Italic*dis-
  5. Latindis-
  6. Old Frenchdes-
  7. Middle Frenchdes-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*de
  9. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  10. Proto-Italic*dē
  11. Latindē
  12. Latindē-
  13. Frenchdé-
  14. Frenchbride
  15. Frenchbrider
  16. Frenchdébrider
  17. Frenchdébridement
  18. English todaydebridement

Borrowed from French débridement.

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