myEtymology.com: English etymology of spirochetosis

Etymology of the English word spirochetosis

the English word spirochetosis

derived from the English word spirochete

derived from the New Latin word Spirochaeta

using the New Latin prefix spiro-

derived from the Classical Latin word spira (coil)

derived from the Greek word speira, σπεῖρα (a coil (spira, 'spire'); a mass of men (a Roman military cohort; also (by analogy) a squad of Levitical janitors))

derived from the Greek word chaite, χαίτη

using the English suffix -osis

Usage

Word found in Modern English