Where does “sintomas” come from?
sintomas (Tagalog) comes from Spanish síntomas, from Spanish síntoma, from Latin symptōma, from Ancient Greek σύμπτωμα, from Ancient Greek συμπίπτω, from Ancient Greek σῠν-, from Ancient Greek σύν, from Proto-Hellenic *ksún.
sintomas (Tagalog): symptom
Ancestry of “sintomas”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Spanish | síntomas | plural of síntoma |
| 2 | Spanish | síntoma | symptom |
| 3 | Latin | symptōma | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | σύμπτωμα | anything that has befallen one, a chance,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | συμπίπτω | I fall together, meet violently; I fall upon,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | σῠν- | together; with, together |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | σύν | beside, with |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | *ksún | — |