erythema

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₁rewdʰ-“red”
2. Ancient Greek · derived fromἐρύθημα“a redness or flush on the skin”
3. New Latin · borrowed fromerythēma
4. English todayerythema

From New Latin erythēma, from Ancient Greek ἐρύθημα (erúthēma, “a redness or flush on the skin”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”)..

Words from the same roots