Where does “echolalia” come from?
echolalia (English) comes from Dutch echolalie, from Ancient Greek λαλιά, from Ancient Greek λᾰ́λος, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
echolalia (English): The immediate, involuntary, and repetitive...
Definitions
- The immediate, involuntary, and repetitive...
Ancestry of “echolalia”, step by step
echolalia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch echolalie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | echolalie | echolalia |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | λαλιά | talking, talk, chat; a form of speech, dialect |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | λᾰ́λος | talkative |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ῐ́ᾱ | {{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |