Where does “diagnosis” come from?

Diagnosis comes from Latin diagnosis, from Ancient Greek διάγνωσις, derived from the verb διαγιγνώσκειν meaning to distinguish or discern, combining διά with a root from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃-.

diagnosis (English): The identification of the nature and cause of an...

Definitions

  1. The identification of the nature and cause of an...

Ancestry of “diagnosis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindiagnōsis
2Ancient Greekδιάγνωσιςdistinguishing
3Ancient Greekδιαγιγνώσκωto discern; distinguish, discern
4Ancient Greekδῐᾰ-apart; through, across; through; in different...
5Ancient Greekδιάthroughout
6Proto-Indo-Europeandwístwice, doubly; in two
7Proto-Indo-Europeandwóh₁two

Words derived from “diagnosis

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁Every word from Ancient Greek δῐᾰ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European dwís