Etymology

pathologize

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Today it means: To characterize as a pathology or disease; to characterize (a person) as suffering from a disease. Full definition →

English pathology ← French pathologie ← Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos)
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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. English todaypathologize

From pathology + -ize.

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