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Where does “frenezulejo” come from?

frenezulejo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto frenezulo, from Esperanto freneza, from French frénésie, from Old French frenesie, from Medieval Latin phrenesia, from Latin phrenesis, from Ancient Greek φρένησις, from Ancient Greek φρήν — soul, mind; mind; an internal part of the body.

frenezulejo (Esperanto): insane asylum, lunatic asylum, madhouse, nuthouse

Definitions

  1. insane asylum, lunatic asylum, madhouse, nuthouse

Ancestry of “frenezulejo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantofrenezulolunatic, madman
2Esperantofrenezainsane, crazy
3Frenchfrénésiefrenzy
4Old Frenchfrenesiefrenzy
5Medieval Latinphrenesia—
6Latinphrenesismadness, delirium, frenzy
7Ancient Greekφρένησις—
8Ancient GreekφρήνThe midriff, stomach and lower chest or breast;...
9Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰren-soul, mind; mind; an internal part of the body
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