Etymology

diagnonsense

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Today it means: An inaccurate, incorrect, or nonsensical diagnosis, particularly in the field of psychiatry. Full definition →

English nonsense ← Middle English sense ← Old French sens
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  3. Proto-Indo-European*dwís
  4. Ancient Greekδιά (diá)
  5. Ancient Greekδια- (dia-)
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ǵneh₃-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ǵn̥h₃sḱéti
  8. Proto-Hellenic*gignṓskō
  9. Ancient Greekγῐγνώσκω (gĭgnṓskō)
  10. Ancient Greekδῐαγῐγνώσκω (dĭagĭgnṓskō)
  11. Ancient Greekδῐᾰ́γνωσῐς (dĭắgnōsĭs)
  12. Latindiagnōsis
  13. Englishdiagnosis
  14. Proto-Indo-European*né
  15. Proto-Germanic*ne
  16. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  17. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  18. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  19. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  20. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  21. Old Englishnān
  22. Middle Englishnon
  23. Old Englishnān
  24. Old Englishnān-
  25. Middle Englishnon-
  26. Englishnon-
  27. Proto-Indo-European*sent-
  28. Proto-Italic*sentiō
  29. Latinsentiō
  30. Latinsēnsu
  31. Proto-Germanic*sinnaz
  32. Frankish*sinn
  33. Vulgar Latin*sennus
  34. Old Frenchsens
  35. Middle Englishsense
  36. Englishsense
  37. Englishnonsense
  38. English todaydiagnonsense

Blend of diagnosis + nonsense.

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