Where does “Medic” come from?
Medic derives from English -ic, from French -ique, from Latin -icus, from Proto-Indo-European -kos, a suffix forming adjectives.
Ancestry of “Medic”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ido | mediko | physician, doctor |
| 2 | Latin | medicus | healing, curative, medical; magic; a doctor,... |
| 3 | Latin | medeor | I heal, cure, remedy, am good for or against a... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | medēōr | heal |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | med- | to measure; to give advice; healing |