Where does “manyak” come from?
manyak (Tagalog) comes from English maniac, from French maniaque, from Latin maniacus, from Ancient Greek μανιακός, from Ancient Greek μανίᾱ, from Ancient Greek νόσος, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
manyak (Tagalog): maniac; pervert; 1999, Rebecca T. Añonuevo,...
Definitions
- maniac; pervert; 1999, Rebecca T. Añonuevo,...
Ancestry of “manyak”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | maniac | An insane person, especially one who suffers from... |
| 2 | French | maniaque | maniacal; maniac |
| 3 | Latin | maniacus | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | μανιακός | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μανίᾱ | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | νόσος | sickness, disease, illness; plague; misery,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |