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Where does “cytopathologist” come from?

cytopathologist (English) comes from English pathologist, from English pathology, from French pathologie, from Ancient Greek παθολογία, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

cytopathologist (English): A scientist whose speciality is cytopathology

Definitions

  1. A scientist whose speciality is cytopathology

Ancestry of “cytopathologist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpathologistAn expert in pathology; a specialist who examines...
2EnglishpathologyThe branch of medicine concerned with the study...
3Frenchpathologiepathology
4Ancient Greekπαθολογία—
5Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
6Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
7Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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