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Where does the word "aneurysm" come from? It comes from Greek aneurysma, and was adopted directly into English (1600s).
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Where does the word "aneurysm" come from? It comes from Greek aneurysma, and was adopted directly into English (1600s).
Aneurysm’s story begins in Greek: aneurysma meant “a widening, a dilation.” A widening, a dilation, from ana- (up) and eurys (wide). It reached English by 1600s as aneurysm. Settled as the medical word for an abnormal bulge in a blood vessel wall. Today, aneurysm means a dangerous bulge in the wall of a blood vessel.
- Stage 1 · Greek · ancient aneurysma "a widening, a dilation", a widening, a dilation, from ana- (up) and eurys (wide).
- Stage 2 · English · 1600s aneurysm "an abnormal bulge in the wall of a blood vessel", settled as the medical word for an abnormal bulge in a blood vessel wall.