English
erotomania
Erotomania comes from Ancient Greek ἐρωτικός ‘related to love’, and goes back to ἐράω.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἐράωeráō‘I love’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἔρωςérōs‘passionate or sexual love’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἐρωτικόςerōtikós‘related to love’
- Englishearliest quotation 2021erotomania
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἐράωeráō‘I love’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἔρωςérōs‘passionate or sexual love’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἐρωτικόςerōtikós‘related to love’
- Englishearliest quotation 2021erotomania
Earliest quotation: 2021, Megan Nolan, Acts of Desperation: “I read a case study of a woman, Patient…”
Formed from eroto + mania
Proto-Indo-European *men- ‘to think, mind’
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Proto-Hellenic *məňňómai
Ancient Greek μαίνομαι ‘to rage’
Ancient Greek μᾰνῐ́ᾱ ‘madness’
Latin mania
English mania
Linked words
through Ancient Greek ἔρως ‘passionate or sexual love’
through Ancient Greek ἐρωτικός ‘related to love’
Today it means
noun A psychological disorder in which a person has a delusion of a romantic relationship with another person.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ἐράω / erotomania