DictionaryRoot: symptoma
Greek
symptoma
happening; accident; disease
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adjective
symptomatic
simp-tuh-MAT-ik/ˌsɪmptəˈmætɪk/
Showing or serving as a sign of an illness, condition, or underlying problem.
Etymology
Greek symptoma meant a happening, accident, or disease. Through the sense of a disease's observable manifestation, symptomatic came to describe anything that indicates an underlying condition or problem.