osteopath
Meaninga bone healer
Common meaning: a practitioner who treats by manipulating bones
- ostea boneLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. 573 · scan
- pathwhat happens to one; suffering; feelingLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. 584 · scan
‘a bone’ + ‘what happens to one’ → osteopath
Journey through time
Neither part’s path through time is traced in our sources yet; each root is shown from its dictionary entry.
- oste — Greek ὀστέον “a bone” (dictionary form; path not traced)
- path — Ancient Greek πάθος (páthos) “what happens to one; suffering; feeling” (dictionary form; path not traced)
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Greek ὀστέον ‘a bone’ + Ancient Greek πάθος (páthos) ‘what happens to one; suffering; feeling’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), entry πάθος (páthos), p. 584 · dictionary scan
Roots
- πάθος (páthos) Ancient Greek “what happens to one; suffering; feeling”
- ὀστέον Greek “a bone”
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