Etymology

polyclinic

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Today it means: A usually private clinic in which diseases of many sorts are treated. Full definition →

English clinic ← French clinique ← Late Latin clīnicus
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*polh₁ús
  3. Ancient Greekπολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)
  4. Englishpoly-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*ḱel-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ḱley-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ḱl̥néyti
  8. Proto-Hellenic*klíňňō
  9. Ancient Greekκλῑ́νω (klī́nō)
  10. Ancient Greekκλῑ́νη (klī́nē)
  11. Ancient Greekκλῑνῐκός (klīnĭkós)
  12. Late Latinclīnicus
  13. Frenchclinique
  14. Englishclinic
  15. English todaypolyclinic

From poly- + clinic.

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