Where does “bulimia” come from?

bulimia (Polish) comes from Ancient Greek βουλιμία, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

bulimia (Polish): bulimia nervosa

Definitions

  1. bulimia nervosa

Ancestry of “bulimia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekβουλιμίαravenous hunger
2Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
3Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
4Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ →Every word from Ancient Greek βουλιμία →