Where does “patologisk” come from?
patologisk (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål patologi, from Norwegian Bokmål -logi, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
patologisk (Norwegian Bokmål): pathological, or pathologic
Definitions
- pathological, or pathologic
Ancestry of “patologisk”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | patologi | pathology |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | -logi | -logy |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |