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Where does “paleopathological” come from?

paleopathological (English) comes from English pathological, from English pathology, from French pathologie, from Ancient Greek παθολογία, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

paleopathological (English): Relating to paleopathology

Definitions

  1. Relating to paleopathology

Ancestry of “paleopathological”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpathologicalPertaining to pathology; Relating to, amounting...
2EnglishpathologyThe branch of medicine concerned with the study...
3Frenchpathologiepathology
4Ancient Greekπαθολογία—
5Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
6Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
7Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “paleopathological”

  • paleopathologically
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