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Where does “photochemotherapeutic” come from?

photochemotherapeutic (English) comes from English chemotherapeutic, from English therapeutic, from New Latin therapeuticus, from Ancient Greek θεραπευτικός, from Ancient Greek θεραπευτής, from Ancient Greek -τής, from Ancient Greek πεῖρα, from Proto-Indo-European per- — passed , crossed.

photochemotherapeutic (English): Of or pertaining to photochemotherapy

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to photochemotherapy

Ancestry of “photochemotherapeutic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishchemotherapeuticOf or having to do with chemotherapy; A chemical...
2EnglishtherapeuticOf, or relating to therapy; Having a positive...
3New Latintherapeuticuscuring, healing
4Ancient Greekθεραπευτικόςattentive, helpful, obliging, curative
5Ancient GreekθεραπευτήςOne who waits upon another; attendant
6Ancient Greek-τήςAppended to verbs to form agent nouns
7Ancient Greekπεῖραtrial, experiment, attempt
8Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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