Where does “clinicus” come from?

clinicus (Late Latin) comes from Ancient Greek κλινικός, from Ancient Greek -ικός, from Ancient Greek -κός, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

clinicus (Late Latin): a bed-ridden person, one baptized on a sick-bed,...

Definitions

  1. a bed-ridden person, one baptized on a sick-bed,...

Ancestry of “clinicus”, step by step

clinicus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ancient Greek κλινικός

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekκλινικόςof or pertaining to a bed; bedridden; a physician
2Ancient Greek-ικόςof or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic
3Ancient Greek-κόςforms adjectives with the sense of 'of or...
4Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

via Ancient Greek κλῑνικός

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekκλῑνικόςrelated to bed, physician

Words derived from “clinicus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos →Every word from Ancient Greek -ικός →Every word from Ancient Greek -κός →