Where does “diagnonsense” come from?
diagnonsense (English) comes from English nonsense, from English sense, from Middle English sense, from Old French sens, from Latin sēnsus, from Dutch census, from Latin census, from Latin censeo — to cover, conceal; hornless.
diagnonsense (English): An inaccurate, incorrect, or nonsensical diagnosis, particularly in the field of psychiatry
Definitions
- An inaccurate, incorrect, or nonsensical diagnosis, particularly in the field of psychiatry
Ancestry of “diagnonsense”, step by step
diagnonsense traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English nonsense
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | nonsense | Letters or words, in writing or speech, that have... |
| 2 | English | sense | Any of the manners by which living beings... |
| 3 | Middle English | sense | meaning, signification; interpretation |
| 4 | Old French | sens | reason; ability to reason or think |
| 5 | Latin | sēnsus | faculty or power of perceiving; perception, feeling, sensation, sense |
| 6 | Dutch | census | a census |
| 7 | Latin | census | census, a registering of the populace and their... |
| 8 | Latin | censeo | I give an opinion; I think, suppose or judge; I... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kensēō | to give an opinion |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kensējō | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱens-éh₁-ye-ti | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱens- | to announce, to proclaim; to put in order |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱem- | to cover, conceal; hornless |
via English diagnosis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | diagnosis | The identification of the nature and cause of an... |
| 2 | Latin | diagnōsis | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | διάγνωσις | distinguishing |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | διαγιγνώσκω | to discern; distinguish, discern |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | δῐᾰ- | apart; through, across; through; in different... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | διά | throughout |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dwís | twice, doubly; in two |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dwóh₁ | two |