Etymology

histopathologist

Today it means: A person involved in histopathology. Full definition →

English histopathology ← French pathologie ← Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  2. Ancient Greekῐ̔στός (hĭstós)
  3. Englishhisto-
  4. Ancient Greekπάσχω (páskhō)
  5. Ancient Greekπᾰ́θος (pắthos)
  6. Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
  8. Proto-Hellenic*lógos
  9. Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
  10. Frenchpathologie
  11. Englishpathology
  12. Englishhistopathology
  13. English todayhistopathologist

From histopathology + -ist.

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