Where does “physicianless” come from?
physicianless (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.
physicianless (English): Without a physician
Definitions
- Without a physician
Ancestry of “physicianless”, step by step
physicianless 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 |