Etymology

prepathological

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Today it means: Before, or leading to, a pathological state. Full definition →

English pathological ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← French pathologie
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  4. Proto-Italic*prai
  5. Proto-Italic*prai-
  6. Latinprae-
  7. Middle Englishpre-
  8. Englishpre-
  9. Ancient Greekπάσχω (páskhō)
  10. Ancient Greekπᾰ́θος (pắthos)
  11. Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
  13. Proto-Hellenic*lógos
  14. Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
  15. Frenchpathologie
  16. Englishpathology
  17. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  18. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  19. Englishpathological
  20. English todayprepathological

From pre- + pathological.

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