Where does “bureaupathology” come from?
bureaupathology (English) comes from English bureaucracy, from French bureaucratie, from French bureau, from Middle French burel, from Old French burel, from Old French -el, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
bureaupathology (English): Harmful traits of a bureaucratic organization, such as inflexibility and impersonality
Definitions
- Harmful traits of a bureaucratic organization, such as inflexibility and impersonality
Ancestry of “bureaupathology”, step by step
bureaupathology traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English bureaucracy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bureaucracy | Government by bureaus or their administrators or... |
| 2 | French | bureaucratie | bureaucracy |
| 3 | French | bureau | desk; office; ticket office |
| 4 | Middle French | burel | — |
| 5 | Old French | burel | frieze; a garment made out of frieze |
| 6 | Old French | -el | Suffix that usually denotes a masculine noun |
| 7 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 8 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via English pathology
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pathology | The branch of medicine concerned with the study... |
| 2 | French | pathologie | pathology |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | παθολογία | the study of passions |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |