Where does “pianomania” come from?
pianomania (English) comes from English piano, from English pianoforte, from Italian pianoforte, from Italian piano, from Italian -ano, from Latin -ant, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti — he, she.
pianomania (English): A great popularity of piano music in a population
Definitions
- A great popularity of piano music in a population
Ancestry of “pianomania”, step by step
pianomania traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English piano
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | piano | a percussive keyboard musical instrument, usually... |
| 2 | English | pianoforte | A piano |
| 3 | Italian | pianoforte | piano, pianoforte |
| 4 | Italian | piano | plane; flat, level; plain |
| 5 | Italian | -ano | Used with a stem to form the third-person plural... |
| 6 | Latin | -ant | third-person plural present active indicative of... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English Mania
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Mania | The goddess of the dead and ghosts |
| 2 | Latin | Mania | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | μανία | madness, frenzy, enthusiasm; mad desire,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | μαίνομαι | I am mad, angry, I rage; I am mad, raving, out of... |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | məňňómai | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | mn̥yétor | to think |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | men- | to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,... |