rheumatism
/ˈɹu.məˌtɪz.əm/ · noun
Meaning
- Any disorder of the muscles, tendons, joints, bones, nerves, characterized by pain, discomfort and disability.
- Atrophic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis
Etymology / origin
First attested 1601, from Latin rheumatismus (“rheum”), from Ancient Greek ῥευματισμός (rheumatismós, “humour, discharge, rheum”) from ῥευματίζομαι (rheumatízomai, “to suffer from a rheum”) from ῥεῦμα (rheûma, “stream, flow”) from ῥέω (rhéō, “to flow”)
- ῥευματισμός(Ancient Greek)→
- rheumatismus(la)→
- *srew-(ine-pro)→
- rheumatism (English)
- Relations: root, uder, uder
Related words
Descendant words
- reumatism(Swedish) (cog)
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