Where does “psychopathology” come from?
Psychopathology comes from Ancient Greek ψυχή and πάθος, derived from πάσχω meaning to suffer or experience, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂.
psychopathology (English): The study of the origin, development, diagnosis...
Definitions
- The study of the origin, development, diagnosis...
Ancestry of “psychopathology”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pathology | The branch of medicine concerned with the study... |
| 2 | French | pathologie | pathology |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | παθολογία | the study of passions |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |