Where does “telepathology” come from?

telepathology (English) comes from English pathology, from French pathologie, from Ancient Greek παθολογία, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

telepathology (English): diagnosis of disease via telecommunications

Definitions

  1. diagnosis of disease via telecommunications

Ancestry of “telepathology”, step by step

telepathology traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English pathology

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpathologyThe branch of medicine concerned with the study...
2Frenchpathologiepathology
3Ancient Greekπαθολογίαthe study of passions
4Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
5Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
6Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

via English tele

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishteleAlternative form of telly
2Englishtele-over a distance; television; telegraph
3Ancient Greekτῆλεfar off, afar, far away
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷelh₁-to move; to turn, go round; turn, become
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-
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