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Where does “Pottermaniac” come from?

Pottermaniac (English) comes from English maniac, from French maniaque, from Latin maniacus, from Ancient Greek μανιακός, from Ancient Greek μανίᾱ, from Ancient Greek νόσος, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Pottermaniac (English): One who loves the "Harry Potter" series of books...

Definitions

  1. One who loves the "Harry Potter" series of books...

Ancestry of “Pottermaniac”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmaniacAn insane person, especially one who suffers from...
2Frenchmaniaquemaniacal; maniac
3Latinmaniacus—
4Ancient Greekμανιακός—
5Ancient Greekμανίᾱ—
6Ancient Greekνόσοςsickness, disease, illness; plague; misery,...
7Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
8Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
9Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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