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- insomnia 1620s, insomnie, from L. insomnia "want of sleep," from insomnis "sleepless," from in- "not" (see IN- (Cf. in-) (1)) + somnus "sleep" (see SOMNOLENCE (Cf. somnolence)). The modern form is from 1758.
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