Where does “dyscrasy” come from?
dyscrasy (English) comes from Old French discrasie, from Latin dyscrāsia, from Ancient Greek δυσκρασία, from Ancient Greek δῠσ-, from Latin calculāre, from Latin calculus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
dyscrasy (English): A bodily disorder; an imbalance of the humours;...
Definitions
- A bodily disorder; an imbalance of the humours;...
Ancestry of “dyscrasy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | discrasie | dyscrasy |
| 2 | Latin | dyscrāsia | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | δυσκρασία | bad mixture; bad temperament |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | δῠσ- | bad, unfortunate |
| 5 | Latin | calculāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | calculus | diminutive of calx; pebble, stone; reckoning,... |
| 7 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |