different between itis vs iwis

English

Etymology

From suffix -itis (“disease characterized by inflammation”). Compare phobia, from -phobia, sophy, from -sophy, ism, from -ism, and ana, from -ana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?t?s/

Noun

itis (plural itises)

1. (informal) A medical condition accompanied by inflammation.
   • 1973, April 16, “Scorecard”, Robert W. Creamer ed., in Sports Illustrated

     “. . . Arthritis, tendinitis and all those other itises will eventually catch up with you.”

2. (informal, Caribbean) The feeling of sleepiness after eating a heavy meal, usually the itis.

References

• “itis” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Anagrams

• IIST, IITs, SITI, is it

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?i?.tis/, [?i?t??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?i.tis/, [?i?t?is]

Verb

?tis

1. second-person plural present active indicative of e?

References

• itis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old High German

Alternative forms

• idis

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *d?siz (“goddess”) Cognate to Old English ides, Old Saxon idis, Old Norse dis

Noun

itis f

1. woman
   • 9th century, First Merseburg charm:

Usage notes

The term's context in the Merseburg charm and its cognates suggest that the term may initially have had magical and/or poetic connotations.

Declension

Derived terms

• Itis (given name)

References

1. Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014

English

Alternative forms

• iwys (16th century)
• ywis (16th–17th centuries)
• y-wis

Etymology

From Middle English iwis, iwys, ywis (“certain, sure”), from Old English ?ewiss (“certain, sure”), from Proto-West Germanic *gawiss, from Proto-Germanic *gawissaz (“known, certain, sure”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to know”).

Cognate with Dutch gewis (“sure”), German gewiss (“certain”), Danish vis (“sure”). More at wit, wis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??w?s/

Adverb

iwis (not comparable)

1. (poetic, archaic) Certainly, surely, indeed.
   • 1842, Thomas Macaulay, Horatius:

     Iwis, in all the Senate / There was no heart so bold […].

   • 1890, James Russell Lowell, Poetical Works:

     God vanished long ago, iwis, A mere subjective synthesis

Anagrams

• Wiis