symptom

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromσύμπτωμα“a happening, accident, symptom of disease”
2. Late Latin · derived fromsymptoma
3. Medieval Latin · derived fromsinthoma
4. Middle English · inherited fromsinthoma
5. English todaysymptom

From Middle English sinthoma, from Medieval Latin sinthoma, altered by Late Latin symptoma, from Ancient Greek σύμπτωμα (súmptōma, “a happening, accident, symptom of disease”), from stem of συμπίπτω (sumpíptō, “Ι befall”), from συν- (sun-, “together”) + πίπτω (píptō, “to fall”). See also syn-, -oma, -ome.

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