Where does “choreomania” come from?
choreomania (English) comes from English choreo, from English choreography, from French chorégraphie, from Ancient Greek χορεία, from Ancient Greek -είᾱ, from Ancient Greek -ής, from Proto-Indo-European -ēs, from Proto-Indo-European -ess — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
Ancestry of “choreomania”, step by step
choreomania traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English choreo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | choreo | choreography |
| 2 | English | choreography | The art of creating, arranging and recording the... |
| 3 | French | chorégraphie | choreography; first-person singular present... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | χορεία | dance, especially choral dance with music; any... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -είᾱ | Superficially appears in abstract nouns derived from σ-stem adjectives, with the true suffix being |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ής | adjective suffix |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ēs | Primarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ess | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |
via English Mania
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Mania | The goddess of the dead and ghosts |
| 2 | Latin | Mania | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | μανία | madness, frenzy, enthusiasm; mad desire,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | μαίνομαι | I am mad, angry, I rage; I am mad, raving, out of... |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | məňňómai | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | mn̥yétor | to think |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | men- | to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,... |