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Where does “post-traumatique” come from?

post-traumatique (French) comes from French traumatique, from Latin traumaticus, from Ancient Greek τραυματικός, from Ancient Greek τραῦμα, from Ancient Greek τιτρώσκω, from Proto-Indo-European terh₃- — to hurt.

post-traumatique (French): post-traumatic

Definitions

  1. post-traumatic

Ancestry of “post-traumatique”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtraumatiquetraumatic
2Latintraumaticusvulnerary, traumatic
3Ancient Greekτραυματικόςof for wounds
4Ancient Greekτραῦμαwound, hurt; hurt, damage; heavy blow, defeat
5Ancient Greekτιτρώσκωto harm, hurt
6Proto-Indo-Europeanterh₃-to hurt
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