Etymology

cytopathologic

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Today it means: cytopathological Full definition →

English pathologic ← Ancient Greek πᾰθολογῐκός (păthologĭkós) ← Proto-Hellenic *lógos
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekκύτος (kútos)
  2. Englishcyto-
  3. Ancient Greekπάσχω (páskhō)
  4. Ancient Greekπᾰ́θος (pắthos)
  5. Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
  7. Proto-Hellenic*lógos
  8. Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
  9. Ancient Greekπαθολογίᾱ (pathologíā)
  10. Ancient Greekπᾰθολογῐκός (păthologĭkós)
  11. Englishpathologic
  12. English todaycytopathologic

From cyto- + pathologic.

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