Etymology

biodiagnosis

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Today it means: biochemical diagnosis Full definition →

English diagnosis ← Latin diagnōsis ← Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́γνωσῐς (dĭắgnōsĭs)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  2. Ancient Greekβῐ́ος (bĭ́os)
  3. Ancient Greekβῐο- (bĭo-)
  4. Englishbio-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  6. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  7. Proto-Indo-European*dwís
  8. Ancient Greekδιά (diá)
  9. Ancient Greekδια- (dia-)
  10. Proto-Indo-European*ǵneh₃-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*ǵn̥h₃sḱéti
  12. Proto-Hellenic*gignṓskō
  13. Ancient Greekγῐγνώσκω (gĭgnṓskō)
  14. Ancient Greekδῐαγῐγνώσκω (dĭagĭgnṓskō)
  15. Ancient Greekδῐᾰ́γνωσῐς (dĭắgnōsĭs)
  16. Latindiagnōsis
  17. Englishdiagnosis
  18. English todaybiodiagnosis

From bio- + diagnosis.

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