eczema
EK-suh-muh · noun
Origin
Eczema is a learned borrowing from Latin eczema, itself from Ancient Greek ἔκζεμᾰ (ékzemă, 'cutaneous eruption'). That Greek word comes from ἐκζέω (ekzéō, 'to boil out, break out') plus the nominal suffix -μᾰ.
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Journey
The word kept its original sense fairly closely: a 'breaking out' or eruption on the skin, passed from Greek into Latin and then into learned English medical vocabulary.
Related words
The verb ekzéō, meaning 'to boil out' or 'break out,' is the direct ancestor tucked inside the word.
More words
From Ancient Greek