Where does “Stockholm syndrome” come from?
Stockholm syndrome (English) comes from Swedish Norrmalmstorgssyndrom, from German Syndrom, from English syndrome, from New Latin syndrome, from Ancient Greek συνδρομή, from Ancient Greek σύνδρομος, from Ancient Greek δρόμος, from Ancient Greek -ός — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
Stockholm syndrome (English): A psychological condition in which a hostage emotionally bonds to their captor
Definitions
- A psychological condition in which a hostage emotionally bonds to their captor
Ancestry of “Stockholm syndrome”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | Norrmalmstorgssyndrom | Stockholm syndrome |
| 2 | German | Syndrom | syndrome |
| 3 | English | syndrome | A recognizable pattern of signs, symptoms and/or... |
| 4 | New Latin | syndrome | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | συνδρομή | a concourse of people |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | σύνδρομος | running together |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | δρόμος | race, running; racetrack; course, path |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -ός | Forms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | *-os | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |