Where does “nutriceutical” come from?
nutriceutical (English) comes from English nutritional, from English nutrition, from Middle French nutrition, from Old French nutricion, from Latin nūtrītiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
nutriceutical (English): Both nutritionally and pharmaceutically...
Definitions
- Both nutritionally and pharmaceutically...
Ancestry of “nutriceutical”, step by step
nutriceutical traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English nutritional
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | nutritional | Of, pertaining to, or providing nutrition |
| 2 | English | nutrition | The organic process by which an organism... |
| 3 | Middle French | nutrition | — |
| 4 | Old French | nutricion | — |
| 5 | Latin | nūtrītiō | nutrition |
| 6 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 7 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 8 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 9 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 10 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 11 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 12 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English pharmaceutical
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pharmaceutical | Of, or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists; A... |
| 2 | Latin | pharmaceuticus | Of or pertaining to drugs; pharmaceutical |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | φαρμακευτικός | of or by means of drugs or pharmacy |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | φαρμακεύω | to use drugs; to administer a drug or medicine |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | φάρμακον | A drug, whether healing or noxious; A healing... |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | pʰármakon | — |