Etymology

radiocardiography

Today it means: The recording and interpretation of radiocardiograms Full definition →

English cardiography ← Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ) ← Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō
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The story

  1. Latinradius
  2. Englishradio-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ḱerd-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*ḱḗr
  5. Proto-Indo-European*ḱr̥díyeh₂
  6. Proto-Hellenic*kərdíyā
  7. Ancient Greekκαρδία (kardía)
  8. Englishcardio-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
  10. Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
  11. Ancient Greekγρᾰ́φω (grắphō)
  12. Ancient Greekγραφή (graphḗ)
  13. Englishcardiography
  14. English todayradiocardiography

From radio- + cardiography.

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