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Where does “antimanic” come from?

antimanic (English) comes from English manic, from Ancient Greek μανικός, 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...

antimanic (English): That counters the symptoms of mania; Any drug...

Definitions

  1. That counters the symptoms of mania; Any drug...

Ancestry of “antimanic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmanicOf or pertaining to someone who exhibits mania or...
2Ancient Greekμανικός—
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...
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