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notranslate">-logy</a>). Related: <span class="foreign notranslate">Symptomatological</span>.</p></section><div class="word__firstRecorded--3lZB8">also from<!-- --> <a rel="nofollow" class="word__firstRecorded_time--28qNE" href="/search?sort=a&q=from:1737">1737</a></div></div></div></div><div class="related--32LCi"><h3 class="h3_title" title="words related to symptomatology">Entries linking to <i>symptomatology</i></h3><div class="related__details--2kumU"><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of symptom" href="/word/symptom#etymonline_v_22519">symptom<!-- --> <!-- -->(n.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>"a departure from normal function or form as an expression or evidence of a disease," late 14c., <span class="foreign notranslate">sinthoma</span>, from Medieval Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">sinthoma</span> "symptom of a disease," altered from Late Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">symptoma</span>, from Greek <span class="foreign notranslate">symptoma</span> "a happening, accident, disease," from stem of <span class="foreign notranslate">sympiptein</span> "to befall, happen; coincide, fall together," from assimilated form of <span class="foreign notranslate">syn-</span> "together" (see <a href="/word/syn-" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of syn- " class="crossreference notranslate">syn-</a>) + <span class="foreign notranslate">piptein</span> "to fall" (from PIE <span class="foreign notranslate">*pi-pt-</span>, reduplicated form of root <a href="/word/*pet-" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of *pet- " rel="nofollow" class="crossreference notranslate">*pet-</a> "to rush; to fly").</p> <p>The spelling was re-Latinized from c. 1540, perhaps in part by influence of French <span class="foreign notranslate">symptome</span> (16c.). The general (non-medical) use, "any sign or indication of the existence of something else," is from 1610s.</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of symptomology" href="/word/symptomology#etymonline_v_38900">symptomology<!-- --> <!-- -->(n.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>1830, shortening of <a href="/word/symptomatology" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of symptomatology " class="crossreference notranslate">symptomatology</a>.</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of -logy" href="/word/-logy#etymonline_v_12399">-logy<!-- --> <span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>word-forming element meaning "a speaking, discourse, treatise, doctrine, theory, science," from Medieval Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">-logia</span>, French <span class="foreign notranslate">-logie</span>, and directly from<span class="foreign notranslate"> </span>Greek <span class="foreign notranslate">-logia</span>, from <span class="foreign notranslate">-log-</span>, combining form of <span class="foreign notranslate">legein</span> "to speak, tell;" thus, "the character or deportment of one who speaks or treats of (a certain subject);" from PIE root <a href="/word/*leg-#etymonline_v_52572" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of *leg- " rel="nofollow" class="crossreference notranslate">*leg-</a> (1) "to collect, gather," with derivatives meaning "to speak (to 'pick out words')."</p> <p>In <span class="foreign notranslate"><a href="/word/philology" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of philology " class="crossreference notranslate">philology</a></span> "love of learning; love of words or discourse," <span class="foreign notranslate"><a href="/word/apology" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of apology " class="crossreference notranslate">apology</a></span><span class="foreign notranslate">, </span><span class="foreign notranslate"><a href="/word/doxology" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of doxology " class="crossreference notranslate">doxology</a></span><span class="foreign notranslate">, </span><span class="foreign notranslate"><a href="/word/analogy" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of analogy " class="crossreference notranslate">analogy</a></span><span class="foreign notranslate">, </span><span class="foreign notranslate"><a href="/word/trilogy" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of trilogy " class="crossreference notranslate">trilogy</a></span>, <span class="foreign notranslate"><a href="/word/eulogy" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of eulogy " class="crossreference notranslate">eulogy</a></span>, etc., Greek <span class="foreign notranslate">logos</span> "word, speech, statement, discourse" is directly concerned.</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div></div><div data-ad-container="true" class="adContainer--6CVz1 vertical" style="margin-top:1em"><span class="adLabel--35hfi">Advertisement</span><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7093273770345366" style="display:block;width:100%" data-ad-slot="8757723469" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins></div><div class="ngram--SmXCf"><h3 class="h3_title" title="Trends of symptomatology">Trends of <i>symptomatology</i></h3><div class="ngram__container--NwjaG" style="height:180px"><canvas id="ngram-chart"></canvas></div><div class="ngram__footer--3-9dX">adapted from books.google.com/ngrams/. 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