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Where does “idiopathic” come from?

Idiopathic comes from English -pathic, English -ic, French -ique, Latin -icus, and Proto-Indo-European -kos, a suffix forming adjectives.

idiopathic (English): Of, relating to, or designating a disease or...

Definitions

  1. Of, relating to, or designating a disease or...

Ancestry of “idiopathic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-pathicAdjectival form of suffix -pathy; suffering,...
2English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
3EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
4Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
5Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
6Spanishimagenimage
7Italianimmagineimage; imago
8Latinimāginem—
9Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
10Latinīn-—
11Latinîn—
12Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
13Proto-Italicenin
14Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “idiopathic”

  • idiopathically
  • idiopathetically
  • idiopathetic
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →