Etymology

pharmacological

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Today it means: Of or having to do with pharmacology. Full definition →

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← English pharmacology ← Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos)
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  1. Ancient Greekφάρμᾰκον (phármăkon)
  2. Englishpharmaco-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
  5. Proto-Hellenic*lógos
  6. Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
  7. Englishpharmacology
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  10. English todaypharmacological

From pharmacology + -ical.

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