Etymology of the English word colitis
the English word
colitisderived from the English word
colonderived from the Latin word
colon (large intestine; colon; pain in large intestine; part of a line of verse, metrical entity; clause of a period)
derived from the Greek word
kolon, κῶλον (great gut; a limb of the body (as if lopped))
using the English suffix
-itisderived from the English word
col-Derivations in English
ileocolitisUsage
Word found in Modern English
