Etymology of the English word clinical
the English word
clinicalderived from the English word
clinicderived from the Latin word
clinicus (physician attending patient in bed; bedridden patient; one baptized when sick)
derived from the Greek word
klinikos, κλινικός
derived from the Greek word
kline, κλίνη (a couch (for sleep, sickness, sitting or eating))
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*klei-using the English suffix
-alderived from the Latin suffix
-alisDerivations in English
preclinical,
subclinicalUsage
Word found in Modern English
