Where does “prolotherapist” come from?

prolotherapist (English) comes from English prolotherapy, from English proliferation, from French prolifération, from French -ation, from Middle French -ation, from Old French -ation, from Latin -ātiō, from Latin -tiō — limestone; chalk; the finish line.

prolotherapist (English): A practitioner of prolotherapy

Definitions

  1. A practitioner of prolotherapy

Ancestry of “prolotherapist”, step by step

prolotherapist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English prolotherapy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishprolotherapyThe injection of an otherwise non-pharmacological...
2EnglishproliferationThe process by which an organism produces others...
3Frenchproliférationproliferation, spreading
4French-ationUsed to indicate action, condition, result or effect; -ation
5Middle French-ationation
6Old French-ationation
7Latin-ātiō
8Latin-tiōtion, -ation, -ing
9Latindissertātiō(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
10Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
11Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
12Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
13Latincalceusshoe
14Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line

via English ist

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishistA practitioner or supporter of an ism
2English-istAdded to words to form nouns denoting
3Old French-iste
4Latin-ista-ist; one who practises or believes
5Ancient Greek-ιστήςAlternative form of -τής; -ist
6Ancient Greek-τήςAppended to verbs to form agent nouns
7Proto-Hellenic-tās
Every word from Latin calxEvery word from Latin -tiōEvery word from Latin dis-