English
aetiopathology
Aetiopathology comes from French pathologie ‘pathology’, from Ancient Greek λόγος ‘that which is said: word, sentence, speech,…’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- ‘to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning…’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*leǵ-‘to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to speak by carefully selecting one's words’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*lóǵosreconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*lógosreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEλόγοςlógos‘that which is said: word, sentence, speech, story, debate, utterance, argument’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentpathologie‘pathology’
- English1500–presentpathology
- Englishtodayaetiopathology
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*leǵ-‘to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to speak by carefully selecting one's words’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*lóǵosreconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*lógosreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEλόγοςlógos‘that which is said: word, sentence, speech, story, debate, utterance, argument’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentpathologie‘pathology’
- English1500–presentpathology
- Englishtodayaetiopathology
A compound of aetio- + pathology
Ancient Greek αἰτῐ́ᾱ ‘charge, accusation, imputation, blame, guilt,…’
English aetio-
Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- ‘to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning…’
Proto-Indo-European *lóǵos
Proto-Hellenic *lógos
Ancient Greek λόγος ‘that which is said: word, sentence, speech,…’
French pathologie
English pathology
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- ‘to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning…’
election, technology, collection, lesson, select, elite, eligible, collect, elect, elegant, coil, legion, negligence, catalogue, negligible, negligent, leach, diligent, lexicon, lexical, cull, astrology, epilogue, dialectic, cosmology, alexia, lignite, lexis, lignin, gynecologist, legation, ineligibility, dialogic, 151 more
through Proto-Hellenic *lógos
archaeological, astrological, etymology, homologous, pathophysiology, neurophysiology, bacteriological, 102 more
through Ancient Greek λόγος ‘that which is said: word, sentence, speech,…’
logic, apology, trilogy, analogy, terminology, logos, sociology, physiology, monologue, prologue, logistic, archaeologist, eulogy, epistemology, entomology, apologia, syllogism, bacteriology, etiology, bacteriologist, 108 more
through English pathology
pathological, pathologist, psychopathology, histopathology, 35 more
Today it means
noun —
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- / aetiopathology