comatose

The story

1. Ancient Greekκόμη (kómē)
2. Latincōma
3. Frenchcoma
4. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
5. Proto-Indo-European*h₃édosder.?
6. Frenchcomateux?
7. Ancient Greekκῶμα (kôma)?
8. English todaycomatose

Perhaps from French comateux, or from Ancient Greek κῶμα (kôma, “deep sleep”) (genitive κώματος (kṓmatos)). Equivalent to coma + -ose (“full of”)

Words from the same roots