Etymology

nephropathological

Today it means: Relating to nephropathology Full definition →

English pathological ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← French pathologie
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*negʷʰrós
  2. Proto-Hellenic*nekʷʰrós
  3. Ancient Greekνεφρός (nephrós)
  4. Englishnephro-
  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. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  15. Englishpathological
  16. English todaynephropathological

From nephro- + pathological.

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