comatose

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Ancient Greek κόμη (kómē)bor.

Latin cōmalbor.

French coma

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.?

Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos?

Old Latin -ōssus

Latin -ōsus

Old French -us

Middle French -eux

French -eux

French comateux?

Ancient Greek κῶμα (kôma)?

English comatose

Perhaps from French comateux, or from Ancient Greek κῶμα (kôma, “deep sleep”) (genitive κώματος (kṓmatos)). Equivalent to coma + -ose (“full of”)

In a coma: unconscious. the patient was comatose for 2 weeks before finally passing away.
informal Drowsy or lethargic. Weary of big Sunday dinners that leave you feeling comatose (and result in your having to spend Sunday evening scrubbing the kitchen)?
informal Fast asleep. She was lying comatose on the sofa.

colloquial, nonstandard, rare To make comatose; to send into, or as if into, a coma. killing everybody is a stupid idea, and comatosing everybody is equally so.