Where does “επιδειξιομανία” come from?
επιδειξιομανία (Greek) comes from French exhibitionnisme, from French exhibition, from Latin exhibitio, from Latin exhibeō, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis, from Old Latin com(m)oinis — resin.
επιδειξιομανία (Greek): exhibitionism practice or character trait of deliberately drawing attention to oneself
Definitions
- exhibitionism practice or character trait of deliberately drawing attention to oneself
Ancestry of “επιδειξιομανία”, step by step
επιδειξιομανία traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via French exhibitionnisme
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | exhibitionnisme | exhibitionism |
| 2 | French | exhibition | exhibition, friendly; presentation, production;... |
| 3 | Latin | exhibitio | display, exhibition; example; production,... |
| 4 | Latin | exhibeō | to hold forth, present, show, exhibit, display, reveal |
| 5 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 6 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 7 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 8 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
via Greek μανία
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greek | μανία | mania; rage, frenzy; obsession |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | μανία | madness, frenzy, enthusiasm; mad desire,... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | μαίνομαι | I am mad, angry, I rage; I am mad, raving, out of... |
| 4 | Proto-Hellenic | məňňómai | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | mn̥yétor | to think |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | men- | to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,... |