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Where does “therapie” come from?

therapie (Dutch) comes from New Latin therapīa, from Ancient Greek θεραπεία, from Ancient Greek θεραπεύω, from Ancient Greek -εύω, from Ancient Greek -εύς — Added to noun or adjective stems to form a...

therapie (Dutch): therapy

Definitions

  1. therapy

Ancestry of “therapie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1New Latintherapīa—
2Ancient Greekθεραπείαa waiting on service; medical treatment
3Ancient Greekθεραπεύωto wait on, attend, serve; to obey; to flatter,...
4Ancient Greek-εύωAdded to the stems of agent or other nouns in...
5Ancient Greek-εύςAdded to noun or adjective stems to form a...

Words derived from “therapie”

  • psychotherapie
  • chemotherapie
  • gentherapie
  • radiotherapie
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