Where does “monomaniacally” come from?
monomaniacally (English) comes from English monomaniacal, from English maniacal, from English maniac, from French maniaque, from Latin maniacus, from Ancient Greek μανιακός, from Ancient Greek μανίᾱ, from Ancient Greek νόσος — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
monomaniacally (English): In a monomaniacal manner
Definitions
- In a monomaniacal manner
Ancestry of “monomaniacally”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | monomaniacal | Fanatical, or obsessed with one cause or idea to... |
| 2 | English | maniacal | Like a maniac; insane; frenzied |
| 3 | English | maniac | An insane person, especially one who suffers from... |
| 4 | French | maniaque | maniacal; maniac |
| 5 | Latin | maniacus | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μανιακός | causing insanity |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μανίᾱ | — |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | νόσος | sickness, disease, illness; plague; misery,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |