Where does “pathogenic” come from?
Pathogenic derives from English -genic and Ancient Greek πάθος (pathos, suffering) and γένος (genos, race or kind), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- meaning to beget or produce.
pathogenic (English): Able to cause disease; Consisting of harsh,...
Definitions
- Able to cause disease; Consisting of harsh,...
Ancestry of “pathogenic”, step by step
pathogenic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English genic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | genic | of, relating to, produced by, or being a gene |
| 2 | English | -ic | Used to form adjectives from nouns with the... |
| 3 | English | image | An optical or other representation of a real... |
| 4 | French | image | picture, image; frame; first-person singular... |
| 5 | Portuguese | imagem | image; picture; figure; image; image; face |
| 6 | Spanish | imagen | image |
| 7 | Italian | immagine | image; imago |
| 8 | Latin | imāginem | — |
| 9 | Latin | im- | Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in |
| 10 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 11 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 12 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English patho
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | patho | — |
Words derived from “pathogenic”
- pathogenicity
- nonpathogenic
- entomopathogenic
- phytopathogenic
- cytopathogenic
- immunopathogenic
- pathogenically
- apathogenic
- antipathogenic
- neuropathogenic
- periodontopathogenic
- physiopathogenic
- periopathogenic
- nephropathogenic
- neuropathogenicity
- immunopathogenicity
- pharmacopathogenic
- acaropathogenic
- aetiopathogenic
- autopathogenic
- clinicopathogenic
- copathogenic
- encephalopathogenic
- endopathogenic