osteoporosis

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπῶρος“tuff, a porous type of rock”
2. Ancient Greek · derived fromπώρωσις“petrification, callousness”
3. Ancient Greek · derived fromὀστέον“bone”
4. English todayosteoporosis

From Ancient Greek ὀστέον (ostéon, “bone”) + Ancient Greek πώρωσις (pṓrōsis, “petrification, callousness”), from Ancient Greek πῶρος (pôros, “tuff, a porous type of rock”). By surface analysis, osteo- + pore + -osis.

Words from the same roots