hypnotic

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromὑπνωτικός“inclined to sleep, putting to sleep, sleepy”
2. Late Latin · derived fromhypnoticus
3. French · borrowed fromhypnotique“inclined to sleep, soporific”
4. English todayhypnotic

From French hypnotique (“inclined to sleep, soporific”), from Late Latin hypnoticus, from Ancient Greek ὑπνωτικός (hupnōtikós, “inclined to sleep, putting to sleep, sleepy”), from ὑπνοῦν (hupnoûn, “to put to sleep”), from ὕπνος (húpnos, “sleep”).