Etymology

multimorbid

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Today it means: Suffering from more than one chronic illness at the same time. Full definition →

English morbid ← Latin morbidus ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*moltos
  2. Latinmultus
  3. Latinmultī
  4. Middle Englishmulti-
  5. Englishmulti-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*mer-der.?
  7. Latinmorbus
  8. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  9. Latinmorbidus
  10. Englishmorbid
  11. English todaymultimorbid

From multi- + morbid.

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