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Where does “Klinik” come from?

Klinik (German) comes from French clinique, from Latin clinicus, from Ancient Greek κλινικός, from Ancient Greek -ικός, from Ancient Greek -κός, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

Klinik (German): clinic

Definitions

  1. clinic

Ancestry of “Klinik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcliniqueclinical; clinic
2Latinclinicusa physician who tends to patients who are...
3Ancient Greekκλινικόςof or pertaining to a bed; bedridden; a physician
4Ancient Greek-ικόςof or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic
5Ancient Greek-κόςforms adjectives with the sense of 'of or...
6Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

Words derived from “Klinik”

  • klinisch
  • Nervenklinik
  • klinika
  • klinikk
  • klinikk
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos →