Where does “pathognomonic” come from?
Pathognomonic comes from Ancient Greek παθογνωμονικός, from πάθος meaning suffering or disease combined with γιγνώσκω meaning to know, plus the suffix -ικός, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -kos.
pathognomonic (English): specifically characteristic or indicative of a...
Definitions
- specifically characteristic or indicative of a...
Ancestry of “pathognomonic”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ancient Greek | παθογνωμονικός | indicating a particular disease |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | γνωμονικός | judging by rule; fit to judge of or skilled in a... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | γνώμων | interpreter, discerner; carpenter's square;... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | γιγνώσκω | I am aware of; I perceive, observe, know, learn;... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵn̥h₃sḱéti | to recognise |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵneh₃- | to know |