Where does “egomaniacal” come from?
egomaniacal (English) comes from English egomaniac, from English maniac, from French maniaque, from Latin maniacus, from Ancient Greek μανιακός, from Ancient Greek μανίᾱ, from Ancient Greek νόσος, from Ancient Greek -λογία — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
egomaniacal (English): Having the psychological condition of egomania
Definitions
- Having the psychological condition of egomania
Ancestry of “egomaniacal”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | egomaniac | A person obsessed with their own importance |
| 2 | English | maniac | An insane person, especially one who suffers from... |
| 3 | French | maniaque | maniacal; maniac |
| 4 | Latin | maniacus | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μανιακός | causing insanity |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μανίᾱ | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | νόσος | sickness, disease, illness; plague; misery,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |