The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromτέτανος
- Latin · borrowed fromtetanus
- English todaytetanus
From Latin tetanus, from Ancient Greek τέτανος (tétanos), from τείνω (teínō, “to stretch”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
tetanus
Today it means: A serious and often fatal disease caused by the infection of an open wound with the anaerobic bacterium Clostridium tetani, found in soil and the intestines and faeces of animals. Full definition →
Latin tetanus ← Ancient Greek τέτανος