Where does “colopathy” come from?

colopathy (English) comes from English pathy, from English -pathy, from English -y, from Middle English -y, from Old English -iġ, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

colopathy (English): Any disease or disorder of the colon

Definitions

  1. Any disease or disorder of the colon

Ancestry of “colopathy”, step by step

colopathy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English pathy

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

via English colo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishcoloco-location
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱosEvery word from English -yEvery word from Old English -iġ