The story
- Medieval Latin · derived fromleprōsia“leprosy”
- New Latin · borrowed fromleprologia
- English todayleprology
From New Latin leprologia, from Medieval Latin leprōsia (“leprosy”) + -logia (“-logy”), from leprōsus (“leprous”) + -ia, from lepra (“leprosy”) + -ōsus (“-ose”), q.v. Equivalent to leprosy + -ology.
Words from the same roots
Medieval Latinleprōsia all →
leprosy
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.