Where does “histopathological” come from?
Histopathological derives from English pathological and the suffix -ic, which comes from Ancient Greek πάθος (pathos, suffering) and Latin -icus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -kos.
histopathological (English): Of or pertaining to histopathology
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to histopathology
Ancestry of “histopathological”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pathological | Pertaining to pathology; Relating to, amounting... |
| 2 | English | pathology | The branch of medicine concerned with the study... |
| 3 | French | pathologie | pathology |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | παθολογία | the study of passions |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |