Where does “rehab” come from?

rehab (English) comes from English rehabilitation, from French réhabilitation, from French -ation, from Middle French -ation, from Old French -ation, from Latin -ātiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

rehab (English): Rehabilitation, especially to treat the use of...

Definitions

  1. Rehabilitation, especially to treat the use of...

Ancestry of “rehab”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrehabilitationThe process of rehabilitating somebody or...
2Frenchréhabilitationrehabilitation
3French-ationUsed to indicate action, condition, result or effect; -ation
4Middle French-ationation
5Old French-ationation
6Latin-ātiō
7Latin-tiōtion, -ation, -ing
8Latindissertātiō(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
9Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
10Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
11Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
12Latincalceusshoe
13Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
14Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

Words derived from “rehab

Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξEvery word from Latin -tiōEvery word from Latin dis-