Etymograph

English

syndrome

Syndrome comes from Ancient Greek συνδρομή ‘concurrence of symptoms, concourse’, from σύνδρομος ‘running together’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *drem- ‘to run’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*drem-‘to run’reconstructed
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEδρόμοςdrómos‘running, course’
  3. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEσύνδρομοςsúndromos‘running together’
  4. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEσυνδρομήsundromḗ‘concurrence of symptoms, concourse’
  5. New Latinc. 1500–1900syndrome
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1980syndrome

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*drem-‘to run’reconstructed
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEδρόμοςdrómos‘running, course’
  3. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEσύνδρομοςsúndromos‘running together’
  4. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEσυνδρομήsundromḗ‘concurrence of symptoms, concourse’
  5. New Latinc. 1500–1900syndrome
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1980syndrome

Earliest quotation: 1980, John D'Emilio, There's No Place Like Home: “My roommate, Tony, and I were sitting in our…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *drem- ‘to run’

dormant, dormitory, dormer, dromedary, 25 more

Today it means

noun A recognizable pattern of signs, symptoms and/or behaviours, especially of a disease or medical or psychological condition.

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Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *drem- / syndrome

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