English
proditomania
Proditomania comes from Latin prodo ‘to give, put, bring forth, come forth’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *pro- ‘towards, forwards’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pro-‘towards, forwards’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCEsame formreconstructed
- Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*proðō‘to put out, put forth’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprodo‘to give, put, bring forth, come forth’
- Englishearliest quotation 1897proditomania
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pro-‘towards, forwards’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCEsame formreconstructed
- Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*proðō‘to put out, put forth’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprodo‘to give, put, bring forth, come forth’
- Englishearliest quotation 1897proditomania
Earliest quotation: 1897, The American Monthly Review of Reviews, The Zola Trial: “The greedy public policy of colonizing whole continents abroad,…”
Formed from -mania
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pro- ‘towards, forwards’
through Proto-Italic *pro-
Today it means
noun A phobia that others are conspiring against one.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pro- / proditomania