Where does “medician” come from?
medician (English) comes from English physician, from Middle English fisicien, from Old French fisicïen, from Old French fisique, from Latin physica, from Ancient Greek φυσικός, from Ancient Greek φύσις, from Ancient Greek φύω — he, she.
medician (English): A physician, a medical doctor; a medic
Definitions
- A physician, a medical doctor; a medic
Ancestry of “medician”, step by step
medician traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English physician
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | physician | A practitioner of physic, i.e. a specialist in... |
| 2 | Middle English | fisicien | — |
| 3 | Old French | fisicïen | Alternative form of fisicien; physician |
| 4 | Old French | fisique | art of healing |
| 5 | Latin | physica | natural sciences; natural philosophy; physics;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | φυσικός | natural, produced or caused by nature, inborn,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | φύσις | origin, birth; nature, quality, property; later,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | φύω | To bring forth, produce, generate, cause to grow;... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuHyéti | to be becoming, to be growing, to be appearing |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English medic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | medic | Of or pertaining to medicines; medical; A doctor;... |
| 2 | Latin | medicus | healing, curative, medical; magic; a doctor,... |
| 3 | Latin | medeor | I heal, cure, remedy, am good for or against a... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | medēōr | heal |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | med- | to measure; to give advice; healing |