-aemia-emiasuffix

Etymology: < post-classical Latin and scientific Latin -aemia (formations in which are found from at least the late 17th cent., e.g. anaemia anaemia n., polyaemia polyaemia n.) < ancient Greek -αιμία (in e.g. ἀναιμία anaemia n., πολυαιμία polyaemia n.) < αἷμα blood (see haemo- comb. form) + -ία -ia suffix¹. Compare French -émie (formations in which are found from at least the first half of the 19th cent.; also (rare) †-aimie , directly after ancient Greek -αιμία ), German -ämie (formations in which are found from the first half of the 19th cent.). Compare -haemia comb. form.Found from at least the early 19th cent., first in adaptations of foreign-language terms, and subsequently (from at least the second half of the 19th cent.) in formations within English. Chiefly combining with first elements ultimately of Latin and Greek origin.