Where does “histological” come from?
Histological comes from English histology plus the English suffix -ic, derived from French -ique, Latin -icus, and Proto-Indo-European -kos, an adjectival suffix.
histological (English): Pertaining to histology
Definitions
- Pertaining to histology
Ancestry of “histological”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | histology | The study of the microscopic structure, chemical... |
| 2 | English | logy | Slow to respond or react; lethargic; A term... |
| 3 | Dutch | log | lumbering, inert, slow in movement; immobile;... |
| 4 | English | log | The trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches;... |
| 5 | Middle English | logge | large long stick, staff, pole, log |
| 6 | Old French | loge | arbor, covered walk-way; arbour, covered walk-way |
| 7 | Latin | laubĭa | penthouse, gallery, arcade, portico, lodge |
| 8 | Frankish | laubijā | shelter; arbour; shelter, arbour; arbour, shelter |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | laub | leaf; foliage |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | laubą | leaf |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | lewp- | peel, break off; to flake off, peel, damage; to... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | lew- | dirt, mud; to cut, remove, prune, separate; to... |
Words derived from “histological”
- histologically
- immunohistological
- pathohistological
- immunohistologically
- cytohistological
- microhistological
- osteohistological
- palaeohistological
- paleohistological
- clinicohistological
- hepatohistological
- morphohistological
- neurohistological
- stereohistological
- osteohistologically
- cytohistologically
- neurohistologically
- palaeohistologically
- pathohistologically