Etymology

histodiagnostic

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Today it means: cytodiagnostic Full definition →

English diagnostic ← Ancient Greek δῐαγνωστῐκός (dĭagnōstĭkós) ← Proto-Indo-European *dwís
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  2. Ancient Greekῐ̔στός (hĭstós)
  3. Englishhisto-
  4. Ancient Greekδῐαγῐγνώσκω (dĭagĭgnṓskō)
  5. Ancient Greekδῐᾰ́γνωσῐς (dĭắgnōsĭs)
  6. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  7. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  8. Proto-Indo-European*dwís
  9. Ancient Greekδιά (diá)
  10. Ancient Greekδῐᾰ- (dĭă-)
  11. Ancient Greekγνωστῐκός (gnōstĭkós)
  12. Ancient Greekδῐαγνωστῐκός (dĭagnōstĭkós)
  13. Englishdiagnostic
  14. English todayhistodiagnostic

From histo- + diagnostic.

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