Where does “neurology” come from?
Neurology derives from Modern Latin neurologia, a New Latin coinage combining Greek neuro- (nerve) and -logia (study of).
neurology (English): The branch of medicine that deals with the...
Definitions
- The branch of medicine that deals with the...
Ancestry of “neurology”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Latin | neurologia | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |
Words derived from “neurology”
- neurological
- neurologic
- neurologically
- nonneurological
- psychoneurological
- otoneurologic
- paleoneurology
- histoneurology
- dermatoneurology
- neurologize
- otoneurology
- psychoneurology
- teleneurology
- palaeoneurological
- cliniconeurological
- paleoneurological
- dermatoneurological
- extraneurological
- macroneurological
- nonneurologic
- pathoneurological
- pseudoneurological