Where does “psychotherapy” come from?
Psychotherapy comes from Ancient Greek psychḗ (soul) and therapeía (healing, treatment), from therapeuō (to serve, attend to), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots meaning to care for or serve.
psychotherapy (English): The treatment of people diagnosed with mental and...
Definitions
- The treatment of people diagnosed with mental and...
Ancestry of “psychotherapy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | therapy | Attempted remediation of a health problem... |
| 2 | New Latin | therapīa | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | θεραπεία | a waiting on service; medical treatment |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | θεραπεύω | to wait on, attend, serve; to obey; to flatter,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -εύω | Added to the stems of agent or other nouns in... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -εύς | Added to noun or adjective stems to form a... |