English
hecticity
Hecticity comes from French hecticité.
- Frenchc. 1600–presenthecticité
- Englishearliest quotation 1878hecticity
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Frenchc. 1600–presenthecticité
- Englishearliest quotation 1878hecticity
Earliest quotation: 1878, Léon Athanese Gosselin, I. Hyperostosis of Right Femur. II. Necrosis of Left Tibia.: “The suppurating osteo-myelitis and arthritis did not assume a…”
Formed from hectic + -ity
Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- ‘to overpower’
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Ancient Greek ἑκτικός ‘habitual, hectic, consumptive’
Medieval Latin *hecticus
Old French etique
Middle English etik
English hectic
Every English word from French hecticité
Today it means
noun The quality of being hectic (very busy with activity and confusion).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French hecticité / hecticity