myEtymology.com: Latin etymology of aphasia

Etymology of the Latin word aphasia

the New Latin word aphasia

derived from the Greek word aphasia, ἀφασία, ἀϕασία

using the Greek prefix a-, ἀ- (an- not, without)

using the Greek suffix -phasia

derived from the Greek word phasis, φάσις (speech; appearance; stage; a saying; report)

derived from the Late Greek word phainein, φαίνω (to display; to show)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bha-

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bhā-

derived from the Greek word phainomai, ϕαίνομαι

derived from the Greek word aphatos

derived from the Greek word phanai

English aphasia

Word found in New Latin