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Where does “maniaco” come from?

maniaco (Italian) comes from Late Latin maniacus, from Ancient Greek μανιακός, from Ancient Greek μανίᾱ, from Ancient Greek νόσος, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

maniaco (Italian): maniac, maniacal; crazy, mad; erotomanic

Definitions

  1. maniac, maniacal; crazy, mad; erotomanic

Ancestry of “maniaco”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinmaniacusmaniac
2Ancient Greekμανιακός—
3Ancient Greekμανίᾱ—
4Ancient Greekνόσοςsickness, disease, illness; plague; misery,...
5Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
6Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
7Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “maniaco”

  • monomaniaco
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