fleam

Betekenis (Engels)

A sharp instrument used to open a vein, to lance gums, or the like.

Sinonieme

lancet

Vertalings

Lanzette

φλεβοτόμος

lancet

المشرط

lancetta

✋

neşter

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/fliːm/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: fleme

Verwante met Old Saxon: flēma

Verwante met Old High German: fliotuma

Verwante met Old English: flȳtme

Verwante met Frans: flamme

Verwante met Nederlands: vlijm

Verwante met Duits: Fliete

Verwante met Deens: flitte

Geërf van Middle English: fleem

Geërf van Old English: flēam

Verwante met Nuwe Noors: flaum

In summary

From Middle English fleme, fleom, from Old French flieme, flemie (“open vein”), probably via a Proto-Germanic source (compare Old Saxon flēma, Old High German fliotuma, fliodema, Old English flȳtme (“fleam, lancet”)), borrowed from Vulgar Latin fletoma, *fletomus, from Late Latin flebotomus, phlebotomus, from Ancient Greek φλεβοτόμον (phlebotómon). Compare French flamme, Dutch vlijm, German Fliete, Danish flitte (“fleam”). Doublet of phlebotome.