Where does “klinik” come from?
klinik (Tok Pisin) comes from English clinic, from French clinique, from Latin clinicus, from Ancient Greek κλινικός, from Ancient Greek -ικός, from Ancient Greek -κός, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.
klinik (Tok Pisin): clinic
Ancestry of “klinik”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | clinic | A medical facility, such as a hospital,... |
| 2 | French | clinique | clinical; clinic |
| 3 | Latin | clinicus | a physician who tends to patients who are... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | κλινικός | of or pertaining to a bed; bedridden; a physician |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ικός | of or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -κός | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |