The beliefs, myths and reality surrounding the word Haema (blood) from Homer tο the present
Journal Title: Αρχεία Ελληνικής Ιατρικής - Year 2015, Vol 32, Issue 1
Abstract
According to many linguists, the Greek word AIMA (haema, hema, blood) is derived from the ancient Greek verb “αίθω” (aetho), which means “make red-hot, roast” “warm or heat”. In most ipsissina verba, according to this interpretation, the word stems from the passive present perfect of the verb “αίθω” (aetho) “ήσμαι” (hesmae). From this we get “αίσμα” (haesma) or “αίμα” (haema), which means literally “hot” or “incandescent” (as the body fluid is supposed to be).1 There are some 1300 words in the English dictionary containing the Greek word “hema” and its derivatives. Many words are unedited or compound Greek words. Many words are Greek compounds with the prefixes hyper-, hypo-, auto- (“auto”=self, same), iso- (“iso”=equal, uniform), or adding the privative an- (“α-”=without, not)). There are also ompound Greek and Latin words.
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