Etymology of the English word syndrome
the English word
syndromederived from the New Latin word
syndromederived from the Greek word
sundrome, συνδρομή (occurrence; a running together; (riotous) concourse)
derived from the Greek word
sundromosderived from the Byzantine Greek word
dromos, δρόμος (a race; career)
using the Greek prefix
sun-, συν-
derived from the Greek word
sun, σύν (together; with or together ; by association, companionship, process, resemblance, possession, instrumentality, addition, etc.)
Date
The earliest known usage of syndrome in English dates from the 16th century.
Cognates
Dutch
syndroom, French
syndrome, German
Syndrom, Swedish
syndromUsage
Word found in Modern English
