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Where does “maníaco” come from?

maníaco (Spanish) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

maníaco (Spanish): manic, maniacal; maniac

Definitions

  1. manic, maniacal; maniac

Ancestry of “maníaco”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmaniacus—
2Ancient Greekμανιακός—
3Ancient Greekμανίᾱ—
4Ancient Greekνόσοςsickness, disease, illness; plague; misery,...
5Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
6Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
7Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “maníaco”

  • maniaco
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