Where does “nosocomial” come from?
nosocomial (English) comes from Latin nosocomīum, from Ancient Greek νοσοκομεῖον, from Ancient Greek νοσοκομέω, 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...
nosocomial (English): Arising from hospital treatment or environment;...
Definitions
- Arising from hospital treatment or environment;...
Ancestry of “nosocomial”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | nosocomīum | hospital, infirmary |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | νοσοκομεῖον | infirmary, hospital |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | νοσοκομέω | to be under medical treatment |
| 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... |