Etymology

etiopathology

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Today it means: The determination or study of the cause of a pathology. Full definition →

English pathology ← French pathologie ← Ancient Greek πᾰ́θος (pắthos)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ey-
  2. Ancient Greekαἰτῐ́ᾱ (aitĭ́ā)
  3. Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
  5. Proto-Hellenic*lógos
  6. Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
  7. Ancient Greekαἰτῐολογῐ́ᾱ (aitĭologĭ́ā)
  8. Latinaetiologia
  9. Englishetiology
  10. Ancient Greekπάσχω (páskhō)
  11. Ancient Greekπᾰ́θος (pắthos)
  12. Frenchpathologie
  13. Englishpathology
  14. English todayetiopathology

Blend of etiology + pathology. By surface analysis, etio- + pathology.

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