Etymology

psychopathologize

Today it means: To bring into the realm of psychopathology; to treat as a mental disorder. Full definition →

English psychopathology ← French pathologie ← Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos)
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  1. Ancient Greekψῡχή (psūkhḗ)
  2. Ancient Greekψῡχο- (psūkho-)
  3. Englishpsycho-
  4. Ancient Greekπάσχω (páskhō)
  5. Ancient Greekπᾰ́θος (pắthos)
  6. Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
  8. Proto-Hellenic*lógos
  9. Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
  10. Frenchpathologie
  11. Englishpathology
  12. Englishpsychopathology
  13. English todaypsychopathologize

From psychopathology + -ize. By surface analysis, psycho- + pathologize.

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