Etymology

clinico-

Today it means: Clinic; clinical. Full definition →

English clinic ← French clinique ← Late Latin clīnicus
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱel-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱley-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ḱl̥néyti
  4. Proto-Hellenic*klíňňō
  5. Ancient Greekκλῑ́νω (klī́nō)
  6. Ancient Greekκλῑ́νη (klī́nē)
  7. Ancient Greekκλῑνῐκός (klīnĭkós)
  8. Late Latinclīnicus
  9. Frenchclinique
  10. Englishclinic
  11. English todayclinico-

From clinic + -o-.

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