Where does “manicomiale” come from?

manicomiale (Italian) comes from Italian manicomio, from Ancient Greek νοσοκομεῖον, from Ancient Greek νοσοκομέω, 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...

manicomiale (Italian): mental hospital

Definitions

  1. mental hospital

Ancestry of “manicomiale”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmanicomioinsane asylum, lunatic asylum, mental hospital
2Ancient Greekνοσοκομεῖονinfirmary, hospital
3Ancient Greekνοσοκομέωto be under medical treatment
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...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-Every word from Ancient Greek -λογίαEvery word from Ancient Greek λέγω
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