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Where does “arthropathy” come from?

Arthropathy comes from English -pathy and English -y, derived from Ancient Greek πάσχω meaning "to suffer," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₂er-.

arthropathy (English): Any of several diseases of a joint

Definitions

  1. Any of several diseases of a joint

Ancestry of “arthropathy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpathyA therapy
2English-pathysuffering, feeling; Damage to, disease of, or...
3English-yAdded to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives...
4Middle English-yDesignates an adjective, in many cases formed by...
5Old English-iġ-y, -ic
6Proto-West Germanic-gForms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
7Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
8Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

Words derived from “arthropathy”

  • osteoarthropathy
  • spondyloarthropathy
  • neuroarthropathy
  • polyarthropathy
  • arthropathic
  • neuroarthropathic
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