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Where does “naturopathic” come from?

Naturopathic is formed from English nature and the English suffix -ic, derived from French -ique, Latin -icus, and Proto-Indo-European -kos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁-.

naturopathic (English): Relating to naturopathy or to naturopaths

Definitions

  1. Relating to naturopathy or to naturopaths

Ancestry of “naturopathic”, 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 “naturopathic”

  • naturopathically
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