Etymology of the Latin word hypnoticus
the Latin word
hypnoticusderived from the Greek word
hupnotikos, ὑπνωτικός
derived from the Greek word
hupnounderived from the Greek word
hupnos, ὕπνος (sleep; spiritual torpor)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*swep-derived from the Greek word
upnooDerivations in other languages
French
hypnotique, Italian
ipnoticoUsage
Word found in Late Latin, Vulgar Latin