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Where does “etiology” come from?

etiology (English) comes from Latin aetiologia, from Ancient Greek αἰτιολογία, from Ancient Greek -λογίᾱ.

etiology (English): US standard spelling of aetiology

Definitions

  1. US standard spelling of aetiology

Ancestry of “etiology”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinaetiologia—
2Ancient Greekαἰτιολογία—
3Ancient Greek-λογίᾱ—

Words derived from “etiology”

  • etiological
  • pathoetiology
  • nonetiological
  • etiologist
  • polyetiological
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