Where does “clinical” come from?
Clinical derives from English clinic, from Latin clinicus, from Ancient Greek κλινικός, ultimately from the Ancient Greek root κλίνειν meaning "to recline," with the adjectival suffix -ικός.
clinical (English): Of or pertaining to a medical clinic or facility;...
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to a medical clinic or facility;...
Ancestry of “clinical”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | -ál | — |
| 2 | English | aldehyde | Any of a large class of reactive organic... |
| 3 | German | Aldehyd | aldehyde |
| 4 | Latin | alcohol | kohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder... |
| 5 | Andalusian Arabic | كُحُول | — |
| 6 | Arabic | كحل | antimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the... |
| 7 | Arabic | كُحْل | antimony; kohl, stibnite |
| 8 | Akkadian | guḫlum | — |
Words derived from “clinical”