Where does “anancastico” come from?
anancastico (Italian) comes from Italian anancasmo, from Ancient Greek ἀναγκασμός, from Ancient Greek ἀναγκάζω, from Ancient Greek Ἀνάγκη, from Proto-Indo-European h₂neḱ- — to reach, to attain.
anancastico (Italian): obsessive
Ancestry of “anancastico”, step by step