Where does “diatribă” come from?

diatribă (Romanian) comes from French diatribe, from Latin diatriba, from Ancient Greek δῐᾰτρῐβή — a way of spending time.

diatribă (Romanian): diatribe

Definitions

  1. diatribe

Ancestry of “diatribă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdiatribediatribe abusive, bitter discourse
2Latindiatribaa learned discussion; a discourse; a school
3Ancient Greekδῐᾰτρῐβήa way of spending time
Every word from Ancient Greek δῐᾰτρῐβή →Every word from Latin diatriba →Every word from French diatribe →