# dosis
## Afrikaans
### Etymology

From Dutch dosis, from Late Latin dosis, from Ancient Greek δόσις (dósis, “a portion prescribed”, literally “a giving”), from Proto-Hellenic *dótis, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₃tis.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

dosis (plural dosisse)
* dose

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈdɔ.zis]

### Noun

dosis
* plural of dosi

## Dutch
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin dosis, from Ancient Greek δόσις (dósis, “a portion prescribed”, literally “a giving”), from Proto-Hellenic *dótis, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₃tis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdoː.zɪs/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: do‧sis

### Noun

dosis f (plural doses or dosissen, diminutive dosisje n)
* dose

#### Derived terms

* overdosis
* stralingsdosis

#### Related terms

* doos

#### Descendants

* Afrikaans: dosis
* → Indonesian: dosis

### Further reading

* “dosis” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

## Hiligaynon
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish dosis, from Late Latin dosis, from Ancient Greek δόσις (dósis, “a portion prescribed”, literally “a giving”), from Proto-Hellenic *dótis, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₃tis.

### Noun

dósis
* dose, medicine

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin dosis (“dose”) (influenced by Dutch dosis (“dose”)), from Ancient Greek δόσις (dósis, “a portion prescribed”, literally “a giving”), used by Galen and other Greek physicians to mean an amount of medicine, from Proto-Hellenic *dótis, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₃tis. Doublet of dus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈdosɪs]
* Rhymes: -sɪs, -ɪs, -s
* Hyphenation: do‧sis

### Noun

dosis (uncountable)
* dose:
** (medicine, pharmacology) a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time.
    Synonym: dos (Standard Malay)
** (nuclear physics, radiology) the quantity of an agent (not always active) substance or radiation administered at any one time.
    Synonym: dos (Standard Malay)
* dosage:
** dosing: the administration of a medication etc, in a measured amount.
    Synonym: takaran
    Synonym: dosej (Standard Malay)
** dose.

#### Derived terms

* berdosis
* dosis ambang
* dosis maut

### Further reading

* “dosis” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Latin
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δόσις (dósis, “a portion prescribed”, literally “a giving”), used by Galen and other Greek physicians to mean an amount of medicine, from Proto-Hellenic *dótis, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₃tis. Doublet of dōs.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈdo.sis/, [ˈd̪ɔs̠ɪs̠]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈdo.sis/, [ˈd̪ɔːs̬is]

### Noun

dosis f (genitive dosis or doseōs or dosios); third declension
* (Late Latin) dose

#### Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem, i-stem).
$^1$Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.

#### Descendants

* Catalan: dosi
* Danish: dosis
* Dutch: dosis
** Afrikaans: dosis
** → Indonesian: dosis
* Middle Dutch: dose
** Dutch: doos (see there for further descendants)
* Middle French: dose
** French: dose (see there for further descendants)
** Norman: dôse
** → English: dose
*** → Malay: dos
* German: Dosis
* Hungarian: dózis
* Italian: dose
* Occitan: dòsi
* Portuguese: dose
* Sicilian: dosi
* Spanish: dosis
** → Hiligaynon: dósis
** → Tagalog: dosis
* Swedish: dos

### References

* dosis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

## Spanish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin dosis, from Ancient Greek δόσις (dósis, “a portion prescribed”, literally “a giving”), from Proto-Hellenic *dótis, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₃tis. Doublet of dote.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdosis/ [ˈd̪o.sis]
* Rhymes: -osis
* Syllabification: do‧sis

### Noun

dosis f (plural dosis)
* dose

#### Derived terms

* dosis de su propia medicina

#### Related terms

* dosificar
* monodosis
* unidosis

#### Descendants

* → Hiligaynon: dósis
* → Tagalog: dosis

### Further reading

* “dosis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish dosis, from Late Latin dosis, from Ancient Greek δόσις (dósis, “a portion prescribed”, literally “a giving”), from Proto-Hellenic *dótis, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₃tis.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈdosis/ [ˈd̪oː.sɪs]
* Rhymes: -osis
* Syllabification: do‧sis

### Noun

dosis (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜐᜒᜐ᜔) (medicine)
* dose; dosage

### Further reading

* “dosis”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018