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Where does “healthification” come from?

healthification (English) comes from English health, from Middle English helþe, from Old English hǣlþ, from Proto-Germanic hailiþō, from Proto-Germanic hailaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos.

healthification (English): The process of healthifying

Definitions

  1. The process of healthifying

Ancestry of “healthification”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhealthThe state of being free from physical or...
2Middle Englishhelþesoundness; health; recovery
3Old Englishhǣlþ—
4Proto-Germanichailiþōwholeness, health
5Proto-Germanichailazwhole, unbroken, intact; entire, complete; hale,...
6Proto-Indo-European*kéh₂ilos—
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