Etymology

pathoadaptation

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Today it means: Any of the changes that occur when a bacterium adapts to a new pathogenetic niche Full definition →

English adaptation ← French adaptation ← Medieval Latin adaptātiō
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekπάσχω (páskhō)
  2. Ancient Greekπᾰ́θος (pắthos)
  3. Englishpatho-
  4. Medieval Latinadaptātiō
  5. Frenchadaptation
  6. Englishadaptation
  7. English todaypathoadaptation

From patho- + adaptation.

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