Etymology

traumatic

T1R1A1U1M3A1T1I1C3

Today it means: Of, caused by, or causing trauma. Full definition →

Latin traumaticus ← Ancient Greek τραυματικός
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

traumatic · adjective1

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromτραυματικός
  2. Latin · derived fromtraumaticus
  3. English todaytraumatic

From the Latin traumaticus, from the Ancient Greek τραυματικός (traumatikós), from τραῦμα (traûma). By surface analysis, trauma + -tic.

traumatic · noun2

  1. Latin · derived from[medicāmentum] traumaticum
  2. English todaytraumatic

From the Latin [medicāmentum] traumaticum, from traumaticus.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.