Where does “nonsymptomatic” come from?
nonsymptomatic (English) comes from English symptomatic, from French symptomatique, from New Latin symptomaticus, from Ancient Greek συμπτωματικός, from Ancient Greek σύμπτωμα, from Ancient Greek συμπίπτω, from Ancient Greek σῠν-, from Ancient Greek σύν — beside, with.
nonsymptomatic (English): Not symptomatic
Definitions
- Not symptomatic
Ancestry of “nonsymptomatic”, step by step
nonsymptomatic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English symptomatic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | symptomatic | Showing symptoms; Relating to, based on, or... |
| 2 | French | symptomatique | symptomatic |
| 3 | New Latin | symptomaticus | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | συμπτωματικός | accidental, coincidental |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | σύμπτωμα | anything that has befallen one, a chance,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | συμπίπτω | I fall together, meet violently; I fall upon,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | σῠν- | together; with, together |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | σύν | beside, with |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | *ksún | beside, with |