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rarissimum 25

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rarissimum 25: a derivational rule for forming nouns denoting a disease, an inflammation, or an affection of a body part from nouns denoting that body part

Where found
Ancient Greek (Hellenic, IE) and European languages borrowing this derivational rule or indeed the derived and basic nouns themselves.
Domain
morphology: word formation
Subdomain
derivational categories
Keywords
denominal nouns
Type
rarissimum
Universals violated
none
Source

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  1. FP
    FP

    e.g., English appendic-itis, bronch-itis, tonsil-itis; also used metaphorically, as in election-itis

    Originally, in Greek, the suffix was used for deriving adjectives from nouns, denoting properties prototypically associated with those nouns; the medical specialization being due to the combination of such derived adjectives, in their feminine singular form, with the feminine noun nósos ‘illness’.

    1. May 2020

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