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Where does “technomaniacal” come from?

technomaniacal (English) comes from English technomaniac, 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...

technomaniacal (English): Characterised by technomania

Definitions

  1. Characterised by technomania

Ancestry of “technomaniacal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtechnomaniacA person with a keen interest in modern...
2EnglishmaniacAn insane person, especially one who suffers from...
3Frenchmaniaquemaniacal; maniac
4Latinmaniacus—
5Ancient Greekμανιακός—
6Ancient Greekμανίᾱ—
7Ancient Greekνόσοςsickness, disease, illness; plague; misery,...
8Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
9Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
10Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
11Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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