Where does “enteropathy” come from?
Enteropathy comes from English -pathy and English -y combined with Ancient Greek πάσχω meaning to suffer or experience, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₁énteros.
enteropathy (English): An intestinal disorder or disease
Definitions
- An intestinal disorder or disease
Ancestry of “enteropathy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pathy | A therapy |
| 2 | English | -pathy | suffering, feeling; Damage to, disease of, or... |
| 3 | English | -y | Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives... |
| 4 | Middle English | -y | Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by... |
| 5 | Old English | -iġ | -y, -ic |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |