Etymology

overpathologize

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Today it means: To pathologize excessively. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Germanic*uber
  4. Old Englishofer-
  5. Middle Englishover-
  6. Englishover-
  7. Ancient Greekπάσχω (páskhō)
  8. Ancient Greekπᾰ́θος (pắthos)
  9. Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
  11. Proto-Hellenic*lógos
  12. Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
  13. Frenchpathologie
  14. Englishpathology
  15. Englishpathologize
  16. English todayoverpathologize

From over- + pathologize.

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