Where does “pathophysiology” come from?
Pathophysiology comes from Ancient Greek πάθος (pathos, suffering) and φυσιολογία (physiologia, study of nature), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European bʰuH-.
pathophysiology (English): The physiological processes associated with...
Definitions
- The physiological processes associated with...
Ancestry of “pathophysiology”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | physiology | A branch of biology that deals with the functions... |
| 2 | French | physiologie | physiology |
| 3 | Latin | physiologia | physiology |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | φυσιολογία | natural philosophy |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | φύσις | origin, birth; nature, quality, property; later,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | φύω | To bring forth, produce, generate, cause to grow;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuHyéti | to be becoming, to be growing, to be appearing |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |