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Where does “maniacus” come from?

maniacus (Latin) comes 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...

Ancestry of “maniacus”, step by step

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