The story
- Proto-Indo-European*men-
- Proto-Indo-European*mn̥yétor
- Proto-Hellenic*məňňómai
- Ancient Greekμαίνομαι (maínomai)
- Ancient Greekμᾰνῐ́ᾱ (mănĭ́ā)
- Ancient Greekμανιακός (maniakós)
- Late Latinmaniacu
- Frenchmaniaque
- English todaymaniac
From mania + -ac. Borrowed from French maniaque, from Late Latin maniacus, from Ancient Greek μανιακός (maniakós), adjectival form of μανία (manía, “madness”). Compare manic.
Words from the same roots
Frenchmaniaque all →
melomaniac
Late Latinmaniacus all →
melomaniac
Ancient Greekμανιακός all →
melomaniac
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.