Etymology

syndrome

syn·drome
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Today it means: A recognizable pattern of signs, symptoms and/or behaviours, especially of a disease or medical or psychological condition. Full definition →

New Latin syndrome ← Ancient Greek συνδρομή
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromσυνδρομή“concurrence of symptoms, concourse”
  2. New Latin · learned borrowing fromsyndrome
  3. English todaysyndrome

Learned borrowing from New Latin syndrome, from Ancient Greek συνδρομή (sundromḗ, “concurrence of symptoms, concourse”), from σύνδρομος (súndromos, “running together”), from συν- (sun-, “with”) + δρόμος (drómos, “running, course”).

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