Where does “health” come from?

Health derives from Middle English heleð, from Old English hǣlþ, from Proto-Germanic haliþaz and hailaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European koil- with the suffix -tós.

health (English): The state of being free from physical or...

Definitions

  1. The state of being free from physical or...

Ancestry of “health”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishhelþesoundness; health; recovery
2Old Englishhǣlþ—
3Proto-Germanichailiþōwholeness, health
4Proto-Germanichailazwhole, unbroken, intact; entire, complete; hale,...
5Proto-Indo-European*kéh₂iloshealthy

Words derived from “health”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos →Every word from Proto-Germanic hailaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic hailiþō →
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