Where does “psychopathologie” come from?
psychopathologie (French) comes from Dutch pathologie, 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...
psychopathologie (French): psychopathology
Definitions
- psychopathology
Ancestry of “psychopathologie”, step by step
psychopathologie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch pathologie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | pathologie | pathology |
| 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... |
via German Pathologie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Pathologie | pathology |