Where does “premedical” come from?

premedical (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.

premedical (English): Describing activities prior to, or in preparation...

Definitions

  1. Describing activities prior to, or in preparation...

Ancestry of “premedical”, 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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European med-Every word from Proto-Italic medēōrEvery word from Latin medeor