celulitis

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱel-der.

Latin cella

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -ula

Latin cellulalbor.

Spanish célula

Proto-Indo-European *-tósder.

Proto-Hellenic *-tās

Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der.

Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)

Ancient Greek -ῖτις (-îtis)lbor.

New Latin -ītislbor.

Spanish -itis

Spanish celulitis

From célula + -itis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θeluˈlitis/ [θe.luˈli.t̪is] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /seluˈlitis/ [se.luˈli.t̪is] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -itis
• Syllabification: ce‧lu‧li‧tis

Noun

celulitis f (uncountable)

1. (pathology) cellulite
2. (pathology) cellulitis

Derived terms

• anticelulitis
• celulítico

Further reading

• “celulitis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026