Where does “apitherapy” come from?

apitherapy (English) comes from English therapy, 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...

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Definitions

The medical use of bee products such as honey,...

Ancestry of “apitherapy”, step by step

apitherapy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English therapy

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	therapy	Attempted remediation of a health problem...
2	New Latin	therapīa	—
3	Ancient Greek	θεραπεία	a waiting on service; medical treatment
4	Ancient Greek	θεραπεύω	to wait on, attend, serve; to obey; to flatter,...
5	Ancient Greek	-εύω	Added to the stems of agent or other nouns in...
6	Ancient Greek	-εύς	Added to noun or adjective stems to form a...

via Latin Apis

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	Apis	A seaport town of Egypt situated at the borders with Marmarica
2	Ancient Greek	Ἄπις	—
3	Coptic	ϩⲁⲡⲉ	the Apis bull, a bull worshipped as a herald of the gods (first Ptah, then Osiris, then Atum)
4	Egyptian	ḥp	the god Apis

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