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Where does “diagnose” come from?

diagnose (English) comes from English diagnosis, from Latin diagnōsis, from Ancient Greek διάγνωσις, from Ancient Greek διαγιγνώσκω, from Ancient Greek δῐᾰ-, from Ancient Greek διά, from Proto-Indo-European dwís, from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ — two.

diagnose (English): To determine which disease is causing a sick...

Definitions

  1. To determine which disease is causing a sick...

Ancestry of “diagnose”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdiagnosisThe identification of the nature and cause of an...
2Latindiagnōsis—
3Ancient Greekδιάγνωσιςdistinguishing; means of distinguishing ...
4Ancient Greekδιαγιγνώσκωto discern; distinguish, discern
5Ancient Greekδῐᾰ-apart; through, across; through; in different...
6Ancient Greekδιάthroughout
7Proto-Indo-Europeandwístwice, doubly; in two
8Proto-Indo-Europeandwóh₁two

Words derived from “diagnose”

  • diagnosable
  • diagnosability
  • misdiagnose
  • diagnoser
  • overdiagnose
  • undiagnosable
  • underdiagnose
  • nondiagnosable
  • diagnosably
  • rediagnose
  • diagnosee
  • retrodiagnose
  • undiagnosably
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