Where does “manyac” come from?

manyac (Catalan) comes from Latin maniacus, from Ancient Greek μανιακός, from Ancient Greek μανίᾱ, 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...

manyac (Catalan): docile, lacking aggressivity

Definitions

  1. docile, lacking aggressivity

Ancestry of “manyac”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmaniacus
2Ancient Greekμανιακόςcausing insanity
3Ancient Greekμανίᾱ
4Ancient Greekνόσοςsickness, disease, illness; plague; misery,...
5Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
6Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
7Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-