Where does “sciatique” come from?
sciatique (Middle French) comes from Latin sciaticus, from Ancient Greek ἰσχιαδικός, from Ancient Greek ἰσχιάς, from Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts, from Hungarian önt, from Hungarian ön, from Hungarian ön- — sound, voice.
Ancestry of “sciatique”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | sciaticus | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ἰσχιαδικός | of the hips |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἰσχιάς | hip-disease; sciatica; hip disease |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ᾰ́ς | group of |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 6 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 7 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 8 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 9 | Turkish | ön | front |
| 10 | Ottoman Turkish | اوك | voice (of human or animal); sound |
| 11 | Proto-Turkic | ǖn | sound, voice |