phthisis

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromφθίσις“consumption, decline, wasting away”
2. Latin · borrowed fromphthisis
3. English todayphthisis

Borrowed from Latin phthisis, from Ancient Greek φθίσις (phthísis, “consumption, decline, wasting away”), from φθίω (phthíō, “to waste away”).

Words from the same roots