Etymology

echocardiographical

Today it means: Pertaining to echocardiography. Full definition →

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← English echocardiography ← Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*sweh₂gʰ-
  2. Proto-Hellenic*wākʰā́
  3. Ancient Greekἠχή (ēkhḗ)
  4. Ancient Greekἠχώ (ēkhṓ)
  5. Latinēchō
  6. Medieval Latinēccō
  7. Middle Englisheccho
  8. Englishecho
  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. Englishechocardiography
  21. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  22. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  23. English todayechocardiographical

From echocardiograph(y) + -ical.

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