Etymology

Hananiac

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Today it means: A fan of American political science researcher and right-wing political commentator (born 1985) Richard Hanania. Full definition →

English maniac ← French maniaque ← Late Latin maniacu
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The story

  1. Hebrewחֲנַנְיָה (khananyá)
  2. Arabicحنانيا
  3. EnglishHanania
  4. Proto-Indo-European*men-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*mn̥yétor
  6. Proto-Hellenic*məňňómai
  7. Ancient Greekμαίνομαι (maínomai)
  8. Ancient Greekμᾰνῐ́ᾱ (mănĭ́ā)
  9. Ancient Greekμανιακός (maniakós)
  10. Late Latinmaniacu
  11. Frenchmaniaque
  12. Englishmaniac
  13. English todayHananiac

Blend of Hanania + maniac.

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