Where does “therapy” come from?
Therapy comes from Latin therapia, from Ancient Greek θεραπεία, derived from the verb θεραπεύω, meaning to serve or attend to, from θερᾰ́πων, an attendant or servant, with the agent noun suffix -εύς.
therapy (English): Attempted remediation of a health problem...
Definitions
- Attempted remediation of a health problem...
Ancestry of “therapy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Latin | therapīa | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | θεραπεία | a waiting on service; medical treatment |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | θεραπεύω | to wait on, attend, serve; to obey; to flatter,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -εύω | Added to the stems of agent or other nouns in... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -εύς | Added to noun or adjective stems to form a... |
Words derived from “therapy”
- therapist
- chemotherapy
- psychotherapy
- radiotherapy
- psychotherapist
- physiotherapy
- pharmacotherapy
- immunotherapy
- monotherapy
- aromatherapy
- physiotherapist
- phototherapy
- hypnotherapy
- cryotherapy
- hydrotherapy
- sclerotherapy
- chemoradiotherapy
- bibliotherapy
- electrotherapy
- logotherapy
- hypnotherapist
- thermotherapy
- radiochemotherapy
- photochemotherapy