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Where does “nosocomio” come from?

nosocomio (Spanish) comes from Latin nosocomīum, from Ancient Greek νοσοκομεῖον, from Ancient Greek νοσοκομέω, 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...

nosocomio (Spanish): hospital

Definitions

  1. hospital

Ancestry of “nosocomio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnosocomīum—
2Ancient Greekνοσοκομεῖονinfirmary, hospital
3Ancient Greekνοσοκομέωto be under medical treatment
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 “nosocomio”

  • nosocomial
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