Where does “maniaque” come from?
maniaque (French) comes from Latin maniacus, from Ancient Greek μανιακός, from Ancient Greek μανίᾱ, from Ancient Greek νόσος, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
maniaque (French): maniacal; maniac
Definitions
- maniacal; maniac
Ancestry of “maniaque”, step by step
maniaque traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin maniacus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | maniacus | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | μανιακός | causing insanity |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | μανίᾱ | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | νόσος | sickness, disease, illness; plague; misery,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |
via Late Latin maniacus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | maniacus | maniac |