Etymology

odontopathology

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

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₃dónts
  3. Proto-Hellenic*odónts
  4. Ancient Greekὀδούς (odoús)
  5. Englishodonto-
  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. English todayodontopathology

From odonto- + pathology.

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