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Where does “clínica” come from?

clínica (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese clínico, from Latin clinicus, from Ancient Greek κλινικός, from Ancient Greek -ικός, from Ancient Greek -κός, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

clínica (Portuguese): clinic; medicine; healthcare; female equivalent...

Definitions

  1. clinic; medicine; healthcare; female equivalent...

Ancestry of “clínica”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseclínicoclinical; clinician
2Latinclinicusa physician who tends to patients who are...
3Ancient Greekκλινικόςof or pertaining to a bed; bedridden; a physician
4Ancient Greek-ικόςof or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic
5Ancient Greek-κόςforms adjectives with the sense of 'of or...
6Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic
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