melomaniac
English
/ˌmɛlə(ʊ)ˈmeɪnɪak/
noun
Definitions
- One with an abnormal fondness of music; a person who loves music.
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek μέλος (limb, song, melody, member, tune, music, part of the body) derived from French maniaque derived from Latin maniacus derived from Ancient Greek μανιακός derived from Proto-Indo-European *men- (think, stand out, stay, tower, mountain, stand still, mind, have in mind, project, remember, change, remain, rmemeber, small).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*men-
Gloss
think, stand out, stay, tower, mountain, stand still, mind, have in mind, project, remember, change, remain, rmemeber, small
Concept
Semantic Field
Cognition
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
楼, 塔
Emoji
💭 🤔
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -mania English
- -maniac English
- acromesomelia English
- amelia English
- anisomelia English
- demount English
- dismount English
- imminent English
- maniac English
- melos English
- mendaciously English
- mendaciousness English
- monitor English
- paramount English
- polymelia English
- reminisce English
- remonstrate English
- unmount English
- *montāre Latin
- ad montem Latin
- admoneō Latin
- commemini Latin
- comminiscor Latin
- immineo Latin
- maneo Latin
- maniacus Latin
- manēre Latin
- melos Latin
- mendācium Latin
- mentalis Latin
- mentula Latin
- mentum Latin
- minārī Latin
- mons Latin
- montem Latin
- montānus Latin
- mēns Latin
- mōnstrum Latin
- mūris montānus, mus Latin
- praemonitus Latin
- promineo Latin
- prōminēns Latin
- prōmontorium Latin
- remaneō Latin
- reminiscor Latin
- reminīscēns Latin
- Automat German
- -mante Italian
- maniaco Italian
- mentecatto Italian
- -mane French
- maniaque French
- mante French
- monomaniaque French
- mythomaniaque French
- mélodrame French
- nanomaniaque French
- maníaco Spanish, Castilian
- melodrama Spanish, Castilian
- mentir Spanish, Castilian
- Δημομέλης Ancient Greek
- Μοῦσα Ancient Greek
- Σεμέλη Ancient Greek
- αὐτόματον Ancient Greek
- δρᾶμα Ancient Greek
- δυσμενέων Ancient Greek
- λαλοβαρυπαραμελορυθμοβάτης Ancient Greek
- μάθημα Ancient Greek
- μάθησις Ancient Greek
- μάντις Ancient Greek
- μέλος Ancient Greek
- μέμαα Ancient Greek
- μένω Ancient Greek
- μίμνω Ancient Greek
- μαθηματικός Ancient Greek
- μανία Ancient Greek
- μανιακός Ancient Greek
- μενεπτόλεμος Ancient Greek
- μενθήρη Ancient Greek
- μενοεικής Ancient Greek
- μνάομαι Ancient Greek
- μνήμη Ancient Greek
- μνημονικός Ancient Greek
- μνησιπήμων Ancient Greek
- μονάς Ancient Greek
- μοναχός Ancient Greek
- μουσῐκή Ancient Greek
- ξυμμένω Ancient Greek
- περιμένω Ancient Greek
- συμμένω Ancient Greek
- ἀμαθής Ancient Greek
- ἀμνηστέω Ancient Greek
- ἀναμιμνήσκω Ancient Greek
- ὑπερμενής Ancient Greek
- *dusmenḗs Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *mel- Proto-Indo-European
- *memóne Proto-Indo-European
- *men- Proto-Indo-European
- *men-, *mn-eh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *men-, *mn̥-yé-tor Proto-Indo-European
- *men-es-weh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *mend- Proto-Indo-European
- *mendʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *menesweh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *mn̥(s)-dʰh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *mn̥-eh₂-sḱe- Proto-Indo-European
- *mn̥tós Proto-Indo-European
- *mn̥yétor Proto-Indo-European
- *monti Proto-Indo-European
- *monéyeti Proto-Indo-European
- *ménos Proto-Indo-European
- *méntis Proto-Indo-European
- *mō- Proto-Indo-European
- *upér Proto-Indo-European
- melodrama Norwegian Bokmål
- maníaco Portuguese
- mentir Portuguese
- mentira Portuguese
- *gamaną Proto-Germanic
- *gaminþiją, *(ga) Proto-Germanic
- *gamundiz Proto-Germanic
- *manōną Proto-Germanic
- *minþijaną Proto-Germanic
- *minþiją Proto-Germanic
- *minþijō Proto-Germanic
- *munaną Proto-Germanic
- *muniwō Proto-Germanic
- *muniz Proto-Germanic
- *munþaz Proto-Germanic
- *mōnijaną- Proto-Germanic
- melodrama Norwegian Nynorsk
- hōh Old English
- सम्मत Sanskrit
- minnigr Old Norse
- minning Old Norse
- munu Old Norse
- *mьněti Proto-Slavic
- *pamętь Proto-Slavic
- surmonter Old French
- manyac Catalan, Valencian
- мондан Persian
- مانده Persian
- ερρινομελής Greek (modern)
- mynnu Welsh
- admuinethar Old Irish
- aithmet Old Irish
- domuinethar Old Irish
- foirmtech Old Irish
- format Old Irish
- formuinethar Old Irish
- manadh Old Irish
- mendje Albanian
- éminent Middle French
- *ad-mentos, *admentos Proto-Celtic
- *an-men Proto-Celtic
- *anmen- Proto-Celtic
- *dī- Proto-Celtic
- *kom- Proto-Celtic
- *manyetor Proto-Celtic
- *menman Proto-Celtic
- *menmans Proto-Celtic
- *moniyos Proto-Celtic
- *man- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *mantrī́ Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *mánuš Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *mányuš Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *(eks)menā Proto-Italic
- *monestrom Proto-Italic
- KTLWNtn' Middle Persian
- *mata Proto-Albanian
- amāṃ Tocharian B
- mendene Zazaki
- 𒈪𒅎𒈠𒄿 Hittite