Where does “clinique” come from?
clinique (French) comes from Latin clinicus, from Ancient Greek κλινικός, from Ancient Greek -ικός, from Ancient Greek -κός, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.
clinique (French): clinical; clinic
Ancestry of “clinique”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | clinicus | a physician who tends to patients who are... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | κλινικός | of or pertaining to a bed; bedridden; a physician |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -ικός | of or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -κός | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |
Words derived from “clinique”