prostatitis

English

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *pér

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *próder.

Ancient Greek πρό (pró)

Ancient Greek προ- (pro-)

Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-redup.

Proto-Indo-European *-ti

Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti

Proto-Hellenic *hístāmi

Ancient Greek ἵστημι (hístēmi)

Ancient Greek προΐστημι (proḯstēmi)

Proto-Indo-European *-tósder.

Proto-Hellenic *-tās

Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)

Ancient Greek προστάτης (prostátēs)bor.

Medieval Latin prostatalbor.

Middle French prostatebor.

English prostate

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Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der.

Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)

Ancient Greek -ῖτις (-îtis)lbor.

New Latin -itisder.

English -itis

English prostatitis

From prostate + -itis.

Pronunciation

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Noun

prostatitis (countable and uncountable, plural prostatitides or prostatites)

1. (pathology) Inflammation of the prostate.

Translations

inflammation of the prostate

• Catalan: prostatitis (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 前列腺炎 (zh) (qiánlièxiànyán)

• Czech: prostatitida f
• French: prostatite (fr) f
• German: Prostataentzündung f, Entzündung der Prostata f, Prostatitis (de) f
• Greek: προστατίτιδα (el) f (prostatítida)
• Japanese: 前立腺炎 (ぜんりつせんえん, zenritsusen'en)
• Malay: radang prostat, prostatitis
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: простатит (prostatit), түрүү булчирхайн үрэвсэл (türüü bulčirxain ürevsel)

• Persian: پروستاتیت (porostâtit)
• Portuguese: prostatite f
• Romanian: prostatită (ro) f
• Russian: простати́т (ru) m (prostatít)
• Spanish: prostatitis f
• Swedish: prostatit (sv) c
• Turkish: prostatit
• Volapük: Prostataflamat

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Catalan

Etymology

From pròstata +‎ -itis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [pɾus.təˈti.tis]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pɾos.təˈti.tis]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [pɾos.taˈti.tis]
• Rhymes: -itis
• Hyphenation: pros‧ta‧ti‧tis

Noun

prostatitis f (invariable)

1. (pathology) prostatitis

Further reading

• “prostatitis” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Spanish

Etymology

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Spanish próstata

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 prostatitis

From próstata + -itis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾostaˈtitis/ [pɾos.t̪aˈt̪i.t̪is]
• Rhymes: -itis
• Syllabification: pros‧ta‧ti‧tis

Noun

prostatitis f (plural prostatitis)

1. (pathology) prostatitis

Further reading

• “prostatitis”, 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