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Where does “noso-” come from?

noso- (English) comes from Ancient Greek νοσο-, from Ancient Greek νόσος, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

noso- (English): disease

Definitions

  1. disease

Ancestry of “noso-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekνοσο-disease
2Ancient Greekνόσοςsickness, disease, illness; plague; misery,...
3Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
4Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
5Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “noso-”

  • nosography
  • nosographic
  • nosophobia
  • nosographical
  • nosographically
  • nosophilia
  • nosomania
  • nosoparasite
  • nosotherapy
  • nosogenesis
  • nosophyte
  • nosotropic
  • nosogeographical
  • nosonomy
  • nosogenic
  • nosogeography
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