Where does “medikament” come from?
medikament (Czech) comes from German Medikament, from Latin medicamentum, from Latin medicō, from Latin medicus, from Latin medeor, from Proto-Italic medēōr, from Proto-Indo-European med- — to measure; to give advice; healing.
medikament (Czech): drug, medicine, pharmaceutical
Definitions
- drug, medicine, pharmaceutical
Ancestry of “medikament”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Medikament | drug, medicine |
| 2 | Latin | medicamentum | drug, remedy, medicine |
| 3 | Latin | medicō | to heal, cure |
| 4 | Latin | medicus | healing, curative, medical; magic; a doctor,... |
| 5 | Latin | medeor | I heal, cure, remedy, am good for or against a... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | medēōr | heal |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | med- | to measure; to give advice; healing |