Etymology

neuropathological

Today it means: Of, pertaining to, or arising from neuropathology, the pathology of nerve tissue Full definition →

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← English neuropathology ← French pathologie
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)neh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*snéh₁wr̥
  3. Ancient Greekνεῦρον (neûron)
  4. Ancient Greekνευρο- (neuro-)
  5. Englishneuro-
  6. Ancient Greekπάσχω (páskhō)
  7. Ancient Greekπᾰ́θος (pắthos)
  8. Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
  10. Proto-Hellenic*lógos
  11. Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
  12. Frenchpathologie
  13. Englishpathology
  14. Englishneuropathology
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  17. English todayneuropathological

From neuropathology + -ical. By surface analysis, neuro- + pathological.

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