Etymology

vasoconstriction

Today it means: Constriction or narrowing of a blood vessel. Full definition →

English constriction ← Late Latin cōnstrictiō ← Latin cōnstringō
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wāss
  2. Latinvās
  3. Englishvaso-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  5. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  6. Proto-Italic*kom
  7. Proto-Italic*kom-
  8. Latincōn-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*streyg-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*strinégti
  11. Proto-Italic*stringō
  12. Proto-Indo-European*strengʰ-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*stréngʰeti
  14. Proto-Italic*strengō
  15. Latinstringō
  16. Latincōnstringō
  17. Late Latincōnstrictiō
  18. Englishconstriction
  19. English todayvasoconstriction

From vaso- + constriction.

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