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Where does “physicianess” come from?

physicianess (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.

physicianess (English): A female physician

Definitions

  1. A female physician

Ancestry of “physicianess”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishphysicianA practitioner of physic, i.e. a specialist in...
2Middle Englishfisicien—
3Old FrenchfisicïenAlternative form of fisicien; physician
4Old Frenchfisiqueart of healing
5Latinphysicanatural sciences; natural philosophy; physics;...
6Ancient Greekφυσικόςnatural, produced or caused by nature, inborn,...
7Ancient Greekφύσιςorigin, birth; nature, quality, property; later,...
8Ancient GreekφύωTo bring forth, produce, generate, cause to grow;...
9Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰuHyétito be becoming, to be growing, to be appearing
10Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
11Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
12Chichewaiyehe, she
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