Where does “symptom” come from?

symptom (Czech) comes from German Symptom, from Ancient Greek σύμπτωμα, from Ancient Greek συμπίπτω, from Ancient Greek σῠν-, from Ancient Greek σύν, from Proto-Hellenic *ksún — beside, with.

symptom (Czech): symptom

Definitions

  1. symptom

Ancestry of “symptom”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSymptomsymptom, sign
2Ancient Greekσύμπτωμαanything that has befallen one, a chance,...
3Ancient GreekσυμπίπτωI fall together, meet violently; I fall upon,...
4Ancient Greekσῠν-together; with, together
5Ancient Greekσύνbeside, with
6Proto-Hellenic*ksúnbeside, with
Every word from Proto-Hellenic *ksúnEvery word from Ancient Greek σῠν-Every word from Ancient Greek σύν