Etymology of the English word phrenetic
the English word
phreneticderived from the Old French word
frenetiquederived from the Latin word
phreneticus (mad, frantic)
derived from the Greek word
phrenetikos, φρενητικός
derived from the Greek word
phrenitisderived from the Greek word
phren, φρήν (diaphragm; the midrif (as a partition of the body); (figuratively and by implication, of sympathy) the feelings (or sensitive nature; by extension (also in the plural) the mind or cognitive faculties))
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*gʷhren-derived from the Greek word
phrenitikosderived from the Greek word
phrenitisderived from the Greek word
phren, φρήν (diaphragm; the midrif (as a partition of the body); (figuratively and by implication, of sympathy) the feelings (or sensitive nature; by extension (also in the plural) the mind or cognitive faculties))
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*gʷhren-Usage
Word found in Modern English