bulimia nervosa

The story

1. Latin · borrowed fromnervōsa“nervous”
2. Ancient Greek · derived fromβουλῑμῐ́ᾱ“ravenous hunger”
3. Latin · learned borrowing frombūlīmia
4. English todaybulimia nervosa

Learned borrowing from Latin būlīmia, from Ancient Greek βουλῑμῐ́ᾱ (boulīmĭ́ā, “ravenous hunger”), from βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) + λῑμός (līmós, “hunger, famine”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, “-ia”), and Latin nervōsa (“nervous”).

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