Etymology

pathological

pa·tho·lo·gi·cal
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Today it means: Pertaining to pathology. Full definition →

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← English pathology ← French pathologie
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekπάσχω (páskhō)
  2. Ancient Greekπᾰ́θος (pắthos)
  3. Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
  5. Proto-Hellenic*lógos
  6. Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
  7. Frenchpathologie
  8. Englishpathology
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  11. English todaypathological

From pathology + -ical.

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