Where does “physiological” come from?

Physiological comes from English physiology plus the suffix -ic, from French -ique, Latin -icus, and Ancient Greek λόγος meaning "word" or "account," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots.

physiological (English): Of, or relating to physiology; Relating to the...

Definitions

  1. Of, or relating to physiology; Relating to the...

Ancestry of “physiological”, step by step

physiological traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English neurophysiological

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishneurophysiologicalOf or pertaining to neurophysiology
2Englishneuro-nerves, nerve tissue, or the nervous system
3Ancient Greekνευρο-
4Ancient Greekνεῦρονsinew, tendon; cord, of a slingshot, bowstring;...
5Proto-Indo-Europeansnéh₁wr̥sinew, tendon
6Proto-Indo-European(s)neh₁-to spin (thread), to sew

via Latin physiologicus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinphysiologicusphysiological
2Ancient Greekφυσιολογικός

Words derived from “physiological

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₁-
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