Where does “hydrotherapy” come from?
Hydrotherapy comes from Ancient Greek ὑδρο- (hydro-), derived from Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (hydōr, "water"), from Proto-Indo-European wódr̥, ultimately from the root wed- or wey-.
hydrotherapy (English): Any of various techniques that use water, either...
Definitions
- Any of various techniques that use water, either...
Ancestry of “hydrotherapy”, 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... |