Where does “discrasie” come from?
discrasie (Old French) comes from Latin dyscrāsia, from Ancient Greek δυσκρασία, from Ancient Greek δῠσ-, from Latin calculāre, from Latin calculus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
discrasie (Old French): dyscrasy
Ancestry of “discrasie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | dyscrāsia | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | δυσκρασία | bad mixture; bad temperament |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | δῠσ- | bad, unfortunate |
| 4 | Latin | calculāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | calculus | diminutive of calx; pebble, stone; reckoning,... |
| 6 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
Words derived from “discrasie”