Where does “Golfkriegssyndrom” come from?
Golfkriegssyndrom (German) comes from German Syndrom, from English syndrome, from New Latin syndrome, from Ancient Greek συνδρομή, from Ancient Greek σύνδρομος, from Ancient Greek δρόμος, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
Golfkriegssyndrom (German): Gulf War syndrome
Definitions
- Gulf War syndrome
Ancestry of “Golfkriegssyndrom”, step by step
Golfkriegssyndrom traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Syndrom
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Syndrom | syndrome |
| 2 | English | syndrome | A recognizable pattern of signs, symptoms and/or... |
| 3 | New Latin | syndrome | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | συνδρομή | a concourse of people |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | σύνδρομος | running together |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | δρόμος | race, running; racetrack; course, path |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ός | Forms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | *-os | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |
via German Golfkrieg
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Golfkrieg | Gulf War one of several wars fought in the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s |
| 2 | German | krieg | singular imperative of kriegen |
| 3 | Middle High German | kriec | exertion; enmity; opposition |
| 4 | Old High German | krig | stubbornness; defiance |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | krīg | strife; struggle; fight |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | krīganą | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷrihg(ʰ)-o- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷréh₂us | heavy |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -us | Forms adjectives from Caland system roots |