English
histopathology
Histopathology 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
- Englishtodayhistopathology
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
- Englishtodayhistopathology
A compound of histo- + pathology
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, collection, technology, lesson, select, elite, eligible, collect, elect, elegant, legion, coil, negligence, catalogue, negligible, negligent, leach, diligent, lexicon, lexical, cull, epilogue, astrology, dialectic, cosmology, alexia, legation, lignite, lignin, lexis, gynecologist, ineligibility, dialogic, 152 more
through Proto-Hellenic *lógos
archaeological, etymology, astrological, homologous, pathophysiology, neurophysiology, bacteriological, 103 more
through Ancient Greek λόγος ‘that which is said: word, sentence, speech,…’
logic, apology, trilogy, analogy, sociology, terminology, logos, physiology, monologue, prologue, archaeologist, logistic, eulogy, epistemology, entomology, etiology, apologia, bacteriology, syllogism, bacteriologist, 109 more
through English pathology
Today it means
noun The microscopic study of tissue, especially of abnormal tissue as a result of disease.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- / histopathology