Where does “Poliklinik” come from?
Poliklinik (German) comes from German Klinik, 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.
Poliklinik (German): outpatient clinic (either independent or, more often, as part of a hospital)
Definitions
- outpatient clinic (either independent or, more often, as part of a hospital)
Ancestry of “Poliklinik”, step by step
Poliklinik traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Klinik
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Klinik | clinic |
| 2 | French | clinique | clinical; clinic |
| 3 | Latin | clinicus | a physician who tends to patients who are... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | κλινικός | of or pertaining to a bed; bedridden; a physician |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ικός | of or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -κός | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |