Where does “san” come from?
Sanatorium derives from Latin sanatus, past participle of sano, from sanus meaning "healthy," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European swā-n-.
san (English): A letter of the Archaic Greek alphabet that came...
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- A letter of the Archaic Greek alphabet that came...
Ancestry of “san”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sanatorium | An institution that treats chronic diseases, and... |
| 2 | Latin | sanatus | healed, cured; restored, repaired, corrected |
| 3 | Latin | sānō | to heal, cure |
| 4 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |