Etymology

symptomatic

symp·to·mat·ic
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Today it means: Showing symptoms. Full definition →

French symptomatique ← New Latin symptomaticus ← Ancient Greek συμπτωματικός
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromσυμπτωματικός“of or pertaining to a chance (or a symptom), casual”
  2. New Latin · derived fromsymptomaticus
  3. French · borrowed fromsymptomatique
  4. English todaysymptomatic

Borrowed from French symptomatique, from New Latin symptomaticus, from Ancient Greek συμπτωματικός (sumptōmatikós, “of or pertaining to a chance (or a symptom), casual”), from σύμπτωμα (súmptōma, “a symptom”). By surface analysis, symptom + -atic.

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