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Where does “homeopathic” come from?

Homeopathic comes from English -pathic combined with Ancient Greek ὁμός meaning "same," derived through Latin -icus and Proto-Indo-European sem- meaning "one" or "together."

homeopathic (English): Of or pertaining to homeopathy; Extremely dilute,...

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to homeopathy; Extremely dilute,...

Ancestry of “homeopathic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-pathicAdjectival form of suffix -pathy; suffering,...
2English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
3EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
4Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
5Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
6Spanishimagenimage
7Italianimmagineimage; imago
8Latinimāginem—
9Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
10Latinīn-—
11Latinîn—
12Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
13Proto-Italicenin
14Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “homeopathic”

  • homeopathically
  • nonhomeopathic
  • homœopathical
  • homeopathical
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