† nosocomen.

Etymology: < Middle French nosocome hospital (1534 in Rabelais) < post-classical Latin nosocomium (4th cent.) or its etymon Byzantine Greek νοσοκομεῖον (4th cent.) < Hellenistic Greek νοσοκομεῖν to tend the sick ( < ancient Greek νόσος disease (see noso- comb. form) + κομεῖν to take care of, cognate with κάμνειν to be tired, Sanskrit śam- to exert oneself, become tired) + -εῖον, suffix forming nouns.