Where does “Medicaid” come from?
Medicaid (English) comes from English aid, from Middle English aiden, from Middle French ayder, from Old French aidier, from Latin adiūtō, from Latin -tō, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
Medicaid (English): US government system for providing medical assistance to persons unable to afford medical treatments
Definitions
- US government system for providing medical assistance to persons unable to afford medical treatments
Ancestry of “Medicaid”, step by step
Medicaid traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English aid
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | aid | Help; assistance; succor, relief; A helper; an... |
| 2 | Middle English | aiden | To aid |
| 3 | Middle French | ayder | to help; to aid |
| 4 | Old French | aidier | to help |
| 5 | Latin | adiūtō | to help, serve, assist |
| 6 | Latin | -tō | Forms here |
| 7 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
via English medical
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | medical | Of or pertaining to the practice of medicine;... |
| 2 | French | médical | medical |
| 3 | Ido | mediko | physician, doctor |
| 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 |