Where does “Spezialklinik” come from?
Spezialklinik (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.
Spezialklinik (German): special clinic
Definitions
- special clinic
Ancestry of “Spezialklinik”, step by step
Spezialklinik 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 |
via German spezial
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | spezial | special |
| 2 | Latin | specialis | specific |
| 3 | Latin | speciēs | seeing, view, look |
| 4 | Latin | speciō | to observe, watch, look at |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | spekjō | to observe, to see |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | spéḱyeti | to be looking at, to keep looking at |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | speḱ- | to see, to look, to observe |