Where does “premaniacal” come from?
premaniacal (English) comes from English maniacal, from English maniac, from French maniaque, from Latin maniacus, from Ancient Greek μανιακός, from Ancient Greek μανίᾱ, from Ancient Greek νόσος, from Ancient Greek -λογία — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
premaniacal (English): Prior to the onset of a state of mania
Definitions
- Prior to the onset of a state of mania
Ancestry of “premaniacal”, step by step
premaniacal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English maniacal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | maniacal | Like a maniac; insane; frenzied |
| 2 | English | maniac | An insane person, especially one who suffers from... |
| 3 | French | maniaque | maniacal; maniac |
| 4 | Latin | maniacus | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μανιακός | causing insanity |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μανίᾱ | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | νόσος | sickness, disease, illness; plague; misery,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |
via English pre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pre | Before; Precum, Cowper's fluid, pre-ejaculate; To... |
| 2 | Latin | prae | before; in front; in front of |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | prai | before; in front of |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | preh₂- | before, in front |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |