Where does “rhinotillexomania” come from?

rhinotillexomania (English) comes from English rhino-, from Ancient Greek ῥινός, from Proto-Indo-European wer(H)- — to cut , tear.

rhinotillexomania (English): Compulsive nose-picking, insertion of finger into...

Definitions

  1. Compulsive nose-picking, insertion of finger into...

Ancestry of “rhinotillexomania”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishrhino-Of the nose
2Ancient Greekῥινόςgenitive singular of ῥῑ́ς
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwer(H)-to cut , tear

Words derived from “rhinotillexomania”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wer(H)- →Every word from English rhino- →Every word from Ancient Greek ῥινός →