English
misdiagnosis
Misdiagnosis comes from Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́γνωσῐς ‘distinguishing’, and goes back to δῐαγῐγνώσκω.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEδῐαγῐγνώσκωdĭagĭgnṓskō
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEδῐᾰ́γνωσῐςdĭắgnōsĭs‘distinguishing’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdiagnōsis
- English1500–presentdiagnosis
- Englishearliest quotation 2015misdiagnosis
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEδῐαγῐγνώσκωdĭagĭgnṓskō
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEδῐᾰ́γνωσῐςdĭắgnōsĭs‘distinguishing’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdiagnōsis
- English1500–presentdiagnosis
- Englishearliest quotation 2015misdiagnosis
Earliest quotation: 2015: “Some researchers have proposed that early social dysfunction in…”
A compound of διά ‘in a line’ + δια- + γῐγνώσκω ‘to be aware of’
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ‘two’
Proto-Indo-European *dwís ‘twice, doubly’
Ancient Greek διά ‘in a line’
Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- ‘to recognise’
Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃sḱéti ‘to recognise’
Proto-Hellenic *gignṓskō
Ancient Greek γῐγνώσκω ‘to be aware of’
Linked words
through English diagnosis
Today it means
noun An incorrect diagnosis.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek δῐαγῐγνώσκω / misdiagnosis