Etymograph

English

electropathology

From electro- + pathology.

A compound of electro- + pathology

Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον ‘amber’

Latin ēlectrum ‘amber’

Latin electro-

English electro-

Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- ‘to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to speak by carefully selecting one's words’

Proto-Indo-European *lóǵos

Proto-Hellenic *lógos

Ancient Greek λόγος ‘that which is said: word, sentence, speech, story, debate, utterance, argument’

French pathologie ‘pathology’

English pathology

Today it means

noun diagnosis via observation of the reaction of muscles to electricity

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / electropathology