Etymology

ichthyopathology

Today it means: The study of diseases of fish. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰǵʰúHs?
  2. Proto-Hellenic*ikʰtʰū́s
  3. Ancient Greekῐ̓χθῡ́ς (ĭkhthū́s)
  4. Englishichthyo-
  5. Ancient Greekπάσχω (páskhō)
  6. Ancient Greekπᾰ́θος (pắthos)
  7. Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
  9. Proto-Hellenic*lógos
  10. Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
  11. Frenchpathologie
  12. Englishpathology
  13. English todayichthyopathology

From ichthyo- + pathology.

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