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Somnus was the Roman god of sleep. Insomnia is derived from the Latin word with the same spelling together with the prefix 'in-" for negation. He is also remembered in the word Somnambulism - sleep walking.
The Greek god of sleep was Hypnos, from which we get Hypnotism and related words. The word morphine also has mythological origins - Morpheus was the god of dreams, and the son of Somnus.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 15y agoIt's from the Latin insomnia "want of sleep," from in- "not" + somnus "sleep."
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