English
pathological
Pathological 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
- Englishearliest quotation 1868pathological
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
- Englishearliest quotation 1868pathological
Earliest quotation: 1868, Felix von Niemeyer, J. L Parke: “But we can no longer regard the mere fact…”
A compound of pathology + -ical
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, collect, eligible, elect, elegant, coil, legion, negligence, negligent, catalogue, negligible, leach, diligent, astrology, cull, lexicon, epilogue, cosmology, lexical, legation, lignite, lexis, lignin, dialectic, alexia, gynecologist, ineligibility, dialogic, 153 more
through Proto-Hellenic *lógos
archaeological, etymology, homologous, astrological, pathophysiology, neurophysiology, bacteriological, 104 more
through Ancient Greek λόγος ‘that which is said: word, sentence, speech,…’
logic, apology, trilogy, sociology, terminology, analogy, physiology, logos, monologue, prologue, eulogy, archaeologist, logistic, epistemology, entomology, etiology, bacteriology, apologia, syllogism, bacteriologist, 110 more
through English pathology
Today it means
adj Pertaining to pathology.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- / pathological