Etymology

morphopathology

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Today it means: The branch of pathology that deals with pathological changes to morphology Full definition →

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

  1. Ancient Greekμορφή (morphḗ)
  2. Englishmorpho-
  3. Ancient Greekπάσχω (páskhō)
  4. Ancient Greekπᾰ́θος (pắthos)
  5. Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
  7. Proto-Hellenic*lógos
  8. Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
  9. Frenchpathologie
  10. Englishpathology
  11. English todaymorphopathology

From morpho- + pathology.

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