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Where does “dyscrasied” come from?

dyscrasied (English) comes from English dyscrasy, from Old French discrasie, from Latin dyscrāsia, from Ancient Greek δυσκρασία, from Ancient Greek δῠσ-, from Latin calculāre, from Latin calculus, from Latin -ulus — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

dyscrasied (English): Exhibiting dyscrasy

Definitions

  1. Exhibiting dyscrasy

Ancestry of “dyscrasied”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdyscrasyA bodily disorder; an imbalance of the humours;...
2Old Frenchdiscrasiedyscrasy
3Latindyscrāsia—
4Ancient Greekδυσκρασίαbad mixture; bad temperament
5Ancient Greekδῠσ-bad, unfortunate
6Latincalculāre—
7Latincalculusdiminutive of calx; pebble, stone; reckoning,...
8Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
9Proto-Italic-olos—
10Proto-Italic-elos—
11Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
12Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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