Where does “immunotherapy” come from?
Immunotherapy derives from English therapy via Latin therapia and Ancient Greek θεραπεία, meaning treatment or service, ultimately from θεραπεύω, to serve or treat.
immunotherapy (English): The treatment of disease by adjusting the body's...
Definitions
- The treatment of disease by adjusting the body's...
Ancestry of “immunotherapy”, 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... |