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Where does “physicomedical” come from?

physicomedical (English) comes from English medical, from French médical, from Ido mediko, from Latin medicus, from Latin medeor, from Proto-Italic medēōr, from Proto-Indo-European med- — to measure; to give advice; healing.

physicomedical (English): Of or pertaining to the physical aspects of...

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to the physical aspects of...

Ancestry of “physicomedical”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmedicalOf or pertaining to the practice of medicine;...
2Frenchmédicalmedical
3Idomedikophysician, doctor
4Latinmedicushealing, curative, medical; magic; a doctor,...
5LatinmedeorI heal, cure, remedy, am good for or against a...
6Proto-Italicmedēōrheal
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmed-to measure; to give advice; healing
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