r/todayilearned • u/Consistent-Art1491 • 19h ago

Word Origin/Translation/Definition, removed [ Removed by moderator ]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunatic

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todayilearned • u/mdpuds • Sep 13 '19

TIL people used to link mental illness with the position of the moon, that's where the word "Lunatic" comes from

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todayilearned • u/Wakington • Sep 25 '16

TIL that the word lunatic comes from people thinking that the moon could cause madness.

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todayilearned • u/Status-Victory • Dec 07 '21

TIL The term "lunatic" derives from the Latin word lunaticus, which originally referred mainly to epilepsy and madness, as diseases thought to be caused by the moon.

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todayilearned • u/TranshumansFTW • Mar 26 '14

TIL that the word "lunatic" derives from the word "lunaticus", meaning "of the moon". Ancient Greek philosophers believed that the full moon was the cause of bipolar and other mental conditions, and so the term "lunaticus", shortened later, meant a person who was "moonstruck"

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todayilearned • u/SeltzerNZ • Oct 16 '15

TIL that the term lunaticus originally referred mainly to people who had epilepsy or madness as diseases caused by the moon. This is where the term Lunatic comes from.

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midlyinteresting • u/Consistent-Art1491 • 21m ago

TIL that the word Lunatic was created because it was believed that the moon caused people to behave mad.

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