English
marasmatic
Marasmatic comes from Russian маразма́тик ‘senile dement, marasmatic’, and goes back to Ancient Greek μαρασμός.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEμαρασμός
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEmarasmus
- Russianmodernмара́зм‘senility, idiocy’
- Russian, derivedmodernмаразма́тикmarazmátik‘senile dement, marasmatic’
- Englishearliest quotation 2024marasmatic
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEμαρασμός
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEmarasmus
- Russianmodernмара́зм‘senility, idiocy’
- Russian, derivedmodernмаразма́тикmarazmátik‘senile dement, marasmatic’
- Englishearliest quotation 2024marasmatic
Earliest quotation: 2024, Why people couldn’t leave the Soviet Union? Full explanation: “You had to prove yourself first. There was one…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *mer- ‘to die, disappear’
remember, murder, march, marine, mere, mortality, nightmare, mortal, mortar, maritime, marsh, moor, muller, morbid, mare, mort, morn, ambrosia, moribund, cormorant, marinate, marinara, maar, amaranth, 61 more
Today it means
noun An obtuse person who performs and permits behaviours devoid of logic or reason; an imbecile.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek μαρασμός / marasmatic