The story
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰuH-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰuHyéti
- Ancient Greekφῠ́ω (phŭ́ō)
- Ancient Greekφῠτός (phŭtós)
- Ancient Greekφῠτόν (phŭtón)
- Englishphyto-
- Ancient Greekπάσχω (páskhō)
- Ancient Greekπᾰ́θος (pắthos)
- Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
- Proto-Hellenic*lógos
- Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
- Ancient Greekπαθολογίᾱ (pathologíā)
- Ancient Greekπᾰθολογῐκός (păthologĭkós)
- Englishpathologic
- English todayphytopathologic
From phyto- + pathologic.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.