Where does “painsomnia” come from?
painsomnia (English) comes from English pain, from English -ite, from French -ité, from Latin -īta, from Ancient Greek -ίτης, from Ancient Greek πολῑ́της, from Ancient Greek -της, from Proto-Hellenic -tāts — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
painsomnia (English): to sleep because of pain
Definitions
- to sleep because of pain
Ancestry of “painsomnia”, step by step
painsomnia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English pain
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pain | An ache or bodily suffering, or an instance of... |
| 2 | English | -ite | Used to form nouns denoting followers or... |
| 3 | French | -ité | Alternative form of -té, giving a quality or... |
| 4 | Latin | -īta | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ίτης | Suffix forming a masculine noun: one connected... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πολῑ́της | citizen |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -της | Forms nouns representing a state of being; Added... |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | -tāts | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
via English insomnia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | insomnia | A sleeping disorder that is known for its... |
| 2 | Latin | īnsomnia | sleeplessness, insomnia |
| 3 | Latin | īnsomnis | sleepless, unsleeping |
| 4 | Latin | in- -is | less, without, lacking |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |