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
- The branch of medicine concerned with the study...
Ancestry of “pathology”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | pathologie | pathology |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | παθολογία | the study of passions |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |
Words derived from “pathology”
- pathological
- psychopathology
- pathologist
- histopathology
- pathologically
- histopathological
- neuropathology
- psychopathological
- clinicopathologic
- clinicopathological
- pathologize
- telepathology
- immunopathology
- pathologization
- nonpathological
- cytopathology
- histopathologically
- neuropathologist
- physiopathology
- paleopathology
- immunopathological
- physiopathological
- palaeopathological
- paleopathological