Where does “hypomanic” come from?
hypomanic (English) comes from English manic, from Ancient Greek μανικός, from Ancient Greek μανίᾱ, from Ancient Greek νόσος, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
hypomanic (English): afflicted with a mild state of mania; A person...
Definitions
- afflicted with a mild state of mania; A person...
Ancestry of “hypomanic”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | manic | Of or pertaining to someone who exhibits mania or... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | μανικός | of or relating to madness, mad |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | μανίᾱ | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | νόσος | sickness, disease, illness; plague; misery,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |