Where does “monomania” come from?
monomania (Finnish) comes from Finnish mono, from Finnish monofoninen, from English monophonic, from English phonic, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem — in.
monomania (Finnish): monomania
Definitions
- monomania
Ancestry of “monomania”, step by step
monomania traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish mono
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mono | skiing shoe; shoe; mono |
| 2 | Finnish | monofoninen | monophonic |
| 3 | English | monophonic | having a single channel; monaural; having a... |
| 4 | English | phonic | Of or pertaining to sound; of the nature of... |
| 5 | English | -ic | Used to form adjectives from nouns with the... |
| 6 | English | image | An optical or other representation of a real... |
| 7 | French | image | picture, image; frame; first-person singular... |
| 8 | Portuguese | imagem | image; picture; figure; image; image; face |
| 9 | Spanish | imagen | image |
| 10 | Italian | immagine | image; imago |
| 11 | Latin | imāginem | — |
| 12 | Latin | im- | Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in |
| 13 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 14 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 15 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 16 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Finnish mania
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mania | mania; partitive singular of mani |
| 2 | Latin | Mania | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | μανία | madness, frenzy, enthusiasm; mad desire,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | μαίνομαι | I am mad, angry, I rage; I am mad, raving, out of... |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | məňňómai | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | mn̥yétor | to think |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | men- | to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,... |