Where does “narcolepsy” come from?
Narcolepsy comes from French narcolepsie, a modern coinage combining Greek nárk— meaning numbness or stupor with Greek lḗpsis meaning seizure or attack.
narcolepsy (English): A disorder characterized by sudden and...
Definitions
- A disorder characterized by sudden and...
Ancestry of “narcolepsy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | narcolepsie | narcolepsy |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ναρκόω | I benumb |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -όω | Added to a noun or adjective to make a verb with... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -oyéti | Creates factitive verbs from adjectives |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 7 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |