phthisic

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromφθισικός“consumptive”
2. Latin · derived fromphthisicus“suffering from tuberculosis”
3. Middle English · inherited fromtisike
4. English todayphthisic

From Middle English tisike, from Anglo-Norman, from Latin phthisicus (“suffering from tuberculosis”), from Ancient Greek φθισικός (phthisikós, “consumptive”), from φθίσις (phthísis, “tuberculosis, consumption”).

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