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Where does “pathology” come from?

Pathology comes from French pathologie, derived from Ancient Greek πάθος (pathos, "suffering or disease") and πάσχω (paskhō, "to suffer or experience").

pathology (English): The branch of medicine concerned with the study...

Definitions

  1. The branch of medicine concerned with the study...

Ancestry of “pathology”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpathologiepathology
2Ancient Greekπαθολογία—
3Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
4Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
5Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “pathology”

  • pathological
  • psychopathology
  • pathologist
  • histopathology
  • pathologically
  • histopathological
  • neuropathology
  • neuropathological
  • psychopathological
  • clinicopathological
  • pathologize
  • telepathology
  • immunopathology
  • nonpathological
  • cytopathology
  • histopathologically
  • neuropathologist
  • physiopathology
  • paleopathology
  • immunopathological
  • physiopathological
  • palaeopathological
  • paleopathological
  • histopathologist
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