Where does “ハルシネーション” come from?

ハルシネーション (Japanese) comes from English hallucination, from English hallucinate, from Latin hallucinatus, from Latin alucinatus, from Latin alucinor, from Ancient Greek ἀλύω — to wander in mind, to roam; to be deeply stirred,...

ハルシネーション (Japanese): hallucination

Definitions

  1. hallucination

Ancestry of “ハルシネーション”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhallucinationA sensory perception of something that does not...
2EnglishhallucinateTo seem to perceive things which are not really...
3Latinhallucinatus—
4Latinalucinatushallucinated, experiencing hallucinations
5LatinalucinorI wander in mind, talk idly, prate, dream
6Ancient Greekἀλύωto wander in mind, to roam; to be deeply stirred,...
Every word from Ancient Greek ἀλύω →Every word from Latin alucinor →Every word from Latin alucinatus →