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Where does “clínico” come from?

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

clínico (Spanish): clinical

Definitions

  1. clinical

Ancestry of “clínico”, step by step

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

Words derived from “clínico”

  • aclínico
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