Where does “pathologist” come from?
Pathologist comes from English pathology, Latin -ista, Ancient Greek πάθος meaning suffering or disease, πάσχω meaning to suffer, and Proto-Indo-European roots -idyé-, -idyéti, and -yéti.
pathologist (English): An expert in pathology; a specialist who examines...
Definitions
- An expert in pathology; a specialist who examines...
Ancestry of “pathologist”, 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 “pathologist”
- neuropathologist
- cytopathologist
- psychopathologist
- dermatopathologist
- paleopathologist
- palaeopathologist
- hematopathologist
- phytopathologist
- nonpathologist
- uropathologist
- nephropathologist
- micropathologist
- osteopathologist
- cardiopathologist
- anatomopathologist
- dermopathologist
- fetopathologist
- haemopathologist
- hemopathologist
- hepatopathologist
- interpathologist
- telepathologist