Where does “chemotherapy” come from?
Chemotherapy comes from English chemical therapy, combining chemical with therapy, which derives from Latin therapia, from Ancient Greek θεραπεία, meaning medical treatment or healing.
chemotherapy (English): Any chemical treatment intended to be therapeutic...
Definitions
- Any chemical treatment intended to be therapeutic...
Ancestry of “chemotherapy”, step by step
| 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... |