The story
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
- Proto-Indo-European*dwís
- Ancient Greekδιά (diá)
- Ancient Greekδια- (dia-)
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵneh₃-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵn̥h₃sḱéti
- Proto-Hellenic*gignṓskō
- Ancient Greekγῐγνώσκω (gĭgnṓskō)
- Ancient Greekδῐαγῐγνώσκω (dĭagĭgnṓskō)
- Ancient Greekδῐᾰ́γνωσῐς (dĭắgnōsĭs)
- Latindiagnōsis
- Englishdiagnosis
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Germanic*ne
- Proto-Indo-European*ís?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
- Proto-Germanic*ainaz
- Proto-Germanic*nainaz
- Proto-West Germanic*nain
- Old Englishnān
- Middle Englishnon
- Old Englishnān
- Old Englishnān-
- Middle Englishnon-
- Englishnon-
- Proto-Indo-European*sent-
- Proto-Italic*sentiō
- Latinsentiō
- Latinsēnsu
- Proto-Germanic*sinnaz
- Frankish*sinn
- Vulgar Latin*sennus
- Old Frenchsens
- Middle Englishsense
- Englishsense
- Englishnonsense
- English todaydiagnonsense
Blend of diagnosis + nonsense.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.