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Where does “νοσοκομεῖον” come from?

νοσοκομεῖον (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek νοσοκομέω, from Ancient Greek νόσος, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

νοσοκομεῖον (Ancient Greek): infirmary, hospital

Definitions

  1. infirmary, hospital

Ancestry of “νοσοκομεῖον”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekνοσοκομέωto be under medical treatment
2Ancient Greekνόσοςsickness, disease, illness; plague; misery,...
3Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
4Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
5Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “νοσοκομεῖον”

  • nosocomial
  • nosocomially
  • nosocomephobia
  • nosocomium
  • nosocomio
  • nosocomial
  • nosocomio
  • nosocomial
  • nosocómio
  • νοσοκομείο
  • nosocomium
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