Etymology

biodiagnostics

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Today it means: biochemical diagnostics Full definition →

English diagnostics ← Ancient Greek δῐαγνωστῐκός (dĭagnōstĭkós) ← Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃tis
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  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. Ancient Greekδῐᾰ- (dĭă-)
  17. Proto-Indo-European*ǵneh₃-
  18. Proto-Indo-European*ǵneh₃tis
  19. Ancient Greekγνῶσις (gnôsis)
  20. Ancient Greekγνωστῐκός (gnōstĭkós)
  21. Ancient Greekδῐαγνωστῐκός (dĭagnōstĭkós)
  22. Englishdiagnostic
  23. Englishdiagnostics
  24. English todaybiodiagnostics

From bio- + diagnostics.

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