Etymology

pancytopenic

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Today it means: Relating to pancytopenia Full definition →

English cytopenic ← Ancient Greek πενῐ́ᾱ (penĭ́ā) ← Proto-Indo-European *(s)penh₁-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*peh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ph₂énts?
  3. Proto-Hellenic*pánts
  4. Ancient Greekπᾶς (pâs)
  5. Ancient Greekπᾰν- (păn-)
  6. Englishpan-
  7. Ancient Greekκύτος (kútos)
  8. Englishcyto-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*(s)penh₁-
  10. Ancient Greekπένομαι (pénomai)
  11. Ancient Greekπένης (pénēs)
  12. Ancient Greekπενῐ́ᾱ (penĭ́ā)
  13. Englishcytopenia
  14. Englishcytopenic
  15. English todaypancytopenic

From pan- + cytopenic.

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