Where does “pseudobulbar affect” come from?
pseudobulbar affect (English) comes from English affect, from Middle English affect, from Latin affectus, from Latin afficiō, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor.
pseudobulbar affect (English): a neurologic disorder characterized by episodes...
Definitions
- a neurologic disorder characterized by episodes...
Ancestry of “pseudobulbar affect”, step by step
pseudobulbar affect traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English affect
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | affect | To influence or alter; To move to emotion; Of an... |
| 2 | Middle English | affect | — |
| 3 | Latin | affectus | affection, mood, emotion, feeling; affection,... |
| 4 | Latin | afficiō | to cause someone to experience something; to visit, inflict, bestow |
| 5 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 6 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 7 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 8 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via English bulbar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bulbar | Relating to, or having the form of a bulb; used... |
| 2 | English | -ar | Of, near, or pertaining to; Forming nouns such as... |
| 3 | Middle English | -ar | — |
| 4 | Old English | -ere | masculine agent suffix, originally applied only... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 7 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |