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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

  1. An intestinal disorder or disease

Ancestry of “enteropathy”, step by step

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

Words derived from “enteropathy”

  • enteropathic
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