Where does “pharmacology” come from?

Pharmacology derives from Ancient Greek φάρμακον, meaning drug or poison, and -logy from Ancient Greek φαρμακίς, a feminine form related to the drug term.

pharmacology (English): The science of drugs including their origin,...

Definitions

  1. The science of drugs including their origin,...

Ancestry of “pharmacology”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-logyA branch of learning; a study of a particular...
2French-logie-logy
3Latin-logia-logy; the study of
4Ancient Greek-λογῐ́ᾱBase for nouns denoting the study of something, or the branch of knowledge of a discipline

Words derived from “pharmacology

Every word from Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱEvery word from French -logieEvery word from English -logy