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Where does “nosonomy” come from?

nosonomy (English) comes from English noso-, 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...

nosonomy (English): The scientific classification of diseases

Definitions

  1. The scientific classification of diseases

Ancestry of “nosonomy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishnoso-disease
2Ancient Greekνοσο-disease
3Ancient Greekνόσοςsickness, disease, illness; plague; misery,...
4Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
5Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
6Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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