Where does “maniak” come from?
maniak (Polish) comes from French maniaque, from Latin maniacus, from Ancient Greek μανιακός, from Ancient Greek μανίᾱ, from Ancient Greek νόσος, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
maniak (Polish): maniac
Definitions
- maniac
Ancestry of “maniak”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | maniaque | maniacal; maniac |
| 2 | Latin | maniacus | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | μανιακός | causing insanity |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | μανίᾱ | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | νόσος | sickness, disease, illness; plague; misery,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |