Where does “secretomanie” come from?
secretomanie (Romanian) comes from Romanian secret, from French secret, from Middle French secret, from Old French secret, from Latin sēcrētus, from Ancient Greek ἀγωγός, from Ancient Greek ἄγω, from Proto-Hellenic ágō — to drive.
secretomanie (Romanian): exaggerated secrecy
Definitions
- exaggerated secrecy
Ancestry of “secretomanie”, step by step
secretomanie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian secret
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | secret | secret; secret, hidden |
| 2 | French | secret | secret |
| 3 | Middle French | secret | secret |
| 4 | Old French | secret | — |
| 5 | Latin | sēcrētus | put apart, sundered, severed, separated, having been separated |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἀγωγός | leading, guiding; guide, escort; leading to |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἄγω | to lead, fetch, bring along (a living creature), take with |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | ágō | to lead, to guide |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éǵeti | to be driving |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eǵ- | to drive |
via Romanian mânie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | mânie | rage, great anger, wrath, ire, fury, craze, mania |
| 2 | French | manié | past participle of manier; kneaded |
| 3 | Latin | Mania | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | μανία | madness, frenzy, enthusiasm; mad desire,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μαίνομαι | I am mad, angry, I rage; I am mad, raving, out of... |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | məňňómai | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mn̥yétor | to think |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | men- | to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,... |