n 1 o 1 s 1 o 1 c 3 o 1 m 3 i 1 a 1 l 1
10 letters · 14 points in Scrabble
Meaning
adjective taking place or originating in a hospital
originLearned borrowing from Late Latin nosocomīum (“hospital, infirmary”) + English -al (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). Nosocomīum is borrowed from Ancient Greek νοσοκομεῖον (nosokomeîon, “hospital, infirmary”), from νοσοκομέω (nosokoméō, “to tend the sick”) + -εῖον (-eîon, suffix forming nouns denoting places); νοσοκομέω (nosokoméō) is from νόσος (nósos, “disease, illness,…
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
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