Where does “θεραπευτικός” come from?

θεραπευτικός (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek θεραπευτής, from Ancient Greek -τής, from Ancient Greek πεῖρα, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.

θεραπευτικός (Ancient Greek): attentive, helpful, obliging, curative

Definitions

  1. attentive, helpful, obliging, curative

Ancestry of “θεραπευτικός”, step by step

θεραπευτικός traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ancient Greek θεραπευτής

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekθεραπευτήςOne who waits upon another; attendant
2Ancient Greek-τήςAppended to verbs to form agent nouns
3Ancient Greekπεῖραtrial, experiment, attempt
4Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

via Ancient Greek θερᾰπευτής

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekθερᾰπευτήςOne who waits upon another; attendant

Words derived from “θεραπευτικός

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tósEvery word from Proto-Indo-European per-Every word from Ancient Greek -τής