Where does “neurophysiology” come from?
Neurophysiology derives from English physiology combined with Ancient Greek νεῦρον meaning nerve, from φυσιολογία meaning study of nature, ultimately from λόγος meaning word or reason.
neurophysiology (English): The branch of physiology that deals with the...
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- The branch of physiology that deals with the...
Ancestry of “neurophysiology”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | physiology | A branch of biology that deals with the functions... |
| 2 | French | physiologie | physiology |
| 3 | Latin | physiologia | physiology |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | φυσιολογία | natural philosophy |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | φύσις | origin, birth; nature, quality, property; later,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | φύω | To bring forth, produce, generate, cause to grow;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuHyéti | to be becoming, to be growing, to be appearing |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |