Etymology

underdiagnose

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Today it means: To diagnose something less often than it actually occurs. Full definition →

English diagnose ← Latin diagnōsis ← Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́γνωσῐς (dĭắgnōsĭs)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁entér
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂én
  4. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
  5. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰí
  6. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰér
  7. Proto-Germanic*under
  8. Proto-West Germanic*undar
  9. Old Englishunder-
  10. Middle Englishunder-
  11. Englishunder-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  13. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  14. Proto-Indo-European*dwís
  15. Ancient Greekδιά (diá)
  16. Ancient Greekδια- (dia-)
  17. Proto-Indo-European*ǵneh₃-
  18. Proto-Indo-European*ǵn̥h₃sḱéti
  19. Proto-Hellenic*gignṓskō
  20. Ancient Greekγῐγνώσκω (gĭgnṓskō)
  21. Ancient Greekδῐαγῐγνώσκω (dĭagĭgnṓskō)
  22. Ancient Greekδῐᾰ́γνωσῐς (dĭắgnōsĭs)
  23. Latindiagnōsis
  24. Englishdiagnosisbf.
  25. Englishdiagnose
  26. English todayunderdiagnose

From under- + diagnose.

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