Etymology

dysmotility

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Today it means: Abnormal motility, especially of the muscles in the gastrointestinal tract Full definition →

English motility ← Latin mōtus ← Proto-Italic *moweō
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dews-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dus-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*dus-
  4. Ancient Greekδυσ- (dus-)
  5. New Latindys-
  6. Englishdys-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  9. Proto-Italic*moweō
  10. Latinmoveō
  11. Latinmōtus
  12. Englishmotile
  13. Englishmotility
  14. English todaydysmotility

From dys- + motility.

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