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Where does “Appetitlosigkeit” come from?

Appetitlosigkeit (German) comes from German appetitlos, from German Appetit, from French appétit, from Middle French appetit, from Old French apetit, from Latin appetitus, from Latin appetō, from Latin ad- — in.

Appetitlosigkeit (German): anorexia

Definitions

  1. anorexia

Ancestry of “Appetitlosigkeit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanappetitlosWithout appetite
2GermanAppetitappetite
3Frenchappétitappetite
4Middle Frenchappetitappetite; appetite; want; desire; longing
5Old Frenchapetitappetite
6Latinappetitusan attack, assault; passionate desire or longing;...
7Latinappetō—
8Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
9Latinīn-—
10Latinîn—
11Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
12Proto-Italicenin
13Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
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