Where does “myelopathy” come from?
Myelopathy comes from Ancient Greek πάσχω meaning "to suffer or be affected," combined with the English suffix -pathy via Middle French -ie and Latin -ia.
myelopathy (English): A disorder in which the tissue of the spinal cord...
Definitions
- A disorder in which the tissue of the spinal cord...
Ancestry of “myelopathy”, step by step
myelopathy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English pathy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pathy | A therapy |
| 2 | English | -pathy | suffering, feeling; Damage to, disease of, or... |
| 3 | English | -y | Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives... |
| 4 | Middle English | -y | Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by... |
| 5 | Old English | -iġ | -y, -ic |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |
via English myelo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | myelo | — |