Where does “polysymptomatic” come from?
polysymptomatic (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.
polysymptomatic (English): Relating to more than one symptom
Definitions
- Relating to more than one symptom
Ancestry of “polysymptomatic”, step by step
polysymptomatic 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 |
via English poly
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | poly | Polytechnic; Polyethylene; Polyurethane |
| 2 | Latin | polium | Alternative form of polion |
| 3 | Latin | polion | A strong-smelling plant, perhaps Teucrium... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πόλιον | felty germander |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πολιός | grey, grizzled, grizzly; bright, clear, serene; a... |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | poľľós | grey |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | polH-yós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pelH- | pale, gray |