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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

  1. Pertaining to pathology; Relating to, amounting...

Ancestry of “pathological”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpathologyThe branch of medicine concerned with the study...
2Frenchpathologiepathology
3Ancient Greekπαθολογία—
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...

Words derived from “pathological”

  • pathologically
  • histopathological
  • clinicopathological
  • nonpathological
  • histopathologically
  • immunopathological
  • palaeopathological
  • paleopathological
  • cytopathological
  • phytopathological
  • sociopathological
  • clinicopathologically
  • anatomicopathological
  • prepathological
  • pseudopathological
  • nonpathologically
  • dermatopathological
  • neurohistopathological
  • micropathological
  • macropathological
  • hematopathological
  • cardiopathological
  • thermopathological
  • hepatopathological
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