Where does “pathological” come from?
Pathological comes from English pathology and the suffix -ic, derived from Ancient Greek πάθος meaning suffering or disease, with -icus from Latin and -kos from Proto-Indo-European.
pathological (English): Pertaining to pathology; Relating to, amounting...
Definitions
- Pertaining to pathology; Relating to, amounting...
Ancestry of “pathological”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pathology | The branch of medicine concerned with the study... |
| 2 | French | pathologie | pathology |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | παθολογία | the study of passions |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |
Words derived from “pathological”
- pathologically
- histopathological
- clinicopathological
- nonpathological
- histopathologically
- immunopathological
- palaeopathological
- paleopathological
- cytopathological
- phytopathological
- sociopathological
- clinicopathologically
- anatomicopathological
- prepathological
- pseudopathological
- nonpathologically
- dermatopathological
- immunohistopathological
- micropathological
- macropathological
- neurohistopathological
- zoopathological
- hematopathological
- pharmacopathological