Etymology

echogenicity

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Today it means: The ability to create an echo that can be detected in an ultrasound examination. Full definition →

English echogenic ← Ancient Greek γένος (génos) ← Proto-Hellenic *génos
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sweh₂gʰ-
  2. Proto-Hellenic*wākʰā́
  3. Ancient Greekἠχή (ēkhḗ)
  4. Ancient Greekἠχώ (ēkhṓ)
  5. Englishecho-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ǵénh₁os
  8. Proto-Hellenic*génos
  9. Ancient Greekγένος (génos)
  10. Englishechogenic
  11. English todayechogenicity

From echogenic + -ity.

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