Etymology

hyperglycemia

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Today it means: An unusually high concentration of sugar in the blood Full definition →

English glycemia ← Ancient Greek αἷμᾰ (haîmă) ← Proto-Hellenic *dlukús
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Hellenic*hupér
  4. Ancient Greekῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér)
  5. Ancient Greekῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)
  6. Englishhyper-
  7. Proto-Hellenic*dlukús
  8. Ancient Greekγλῠκῠ́ς (glŭkŭ́s)
  9. Englishglyc-
  10. Ancient Greekαἷμᾰ (haîmă)
  11. Englishglycemia
  12. English todayhyperglycemia

From hyper- + glycemia or hyper- + glyc + -emia.

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