Etymology

antipathological

Today it means: That counters disease Full definition →

English pathological ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← French pathologie
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti
  4. Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
  5. Ancient Greekἀντι- (anti-)
  6. Englishanti-
  7. Ancient Greekπάσχω (páskhō)
  8. Ancient Greekπᾰ́θος (pắthos)
  9. Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
  11. Proto-Hellenic*lógos
  12. Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
  13. Frenchpathologie
  14. Englishpathology
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  17. Englishpathological
  18. English todayantipathological

From anti- + pathological.

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