Where does “thanatognomonic” come from?
thanatognomonic (English) comes from English thanato, from Ancient Greek Θάνατος, from Ancient Greek θνῄσκω, from Ancient Greek -σκω, from Proto-Indo-European -sḱéti — Forms durative or iterative imperfective verbs...
thanatognomonic (English): Foreshadowing death
Definitions
- Foreshadowing death
Ancestry of “thanatognomonic”, step by step
thanatognomonic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English thanato
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | thanato | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | Θάνατος | Thanatos |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | θνῄσκω | I die; I am dead; to be killed |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -σκω | Primitive suffix used to form present-tense... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -sḱéti | Forms durative or iterative imperfective verbs... |
via Ancient Greek γνώμη
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | γνώμη | means of knowing: sign, mark; mind, intelligence;... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | γιγνώσκω | I am aware of; I perceive, observe, know, learn;... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵn̥h₃sḱéti | to recognise |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵneh₃- | to know |