lymph

/lɪmf/ · noun

Meaning

Pure water.
The sap of plants.
A colourless, watery, coagulable bodily fluid which bathes the tissues and is carried by the lymphatic system into the bloodstream; it resembles blood plasma in containing white blood cells and especially lymphocytes but normally few red blood cells and no platelets.
The discharge from a sore, inflammation etc.

Etymology / origin

Borrowing from French lymphe and/or Latin lympha (“clear water”), from Ancient Greek νῠ́μφη (nŭ́mphē, “bride; spring water”). Doublet of nymph.

νῠ́μφη(grc)→
lympha(Latin)→
lymphe(French)→
lymph (English)
Relations: bor, bor, der

Related words

lymphe(French)lympha(Latin)νῠ́μφη(grc)limfa(Polish)lymff(Welsh)

Descendant words

limfa(Polish) (cog)
lymff(Welsh) (bor)

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