Where does “ergothérapie” come from?

ergothérapie (French) comes from French thérapie, from Ancient Greek θεραπεία, from Ancient Greek θεραπεύω, from Ancient Greek -εύω, from Ancient Greek -εύς — Added to noun or adjective stems to form a...

ergothérapie (French): occupational therapy

Definitions

  1. occupational therapy

Ancestry of “ergothérapie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchthérapietherapy
2Ancient Greekθεραπείαa waiting on service; medical treatment
3Ancient Greekθεραπεύωto wait on, attend, serve; to obey; to flatter,...
4Ancient Greek-εύωAdded to the stems of agent or other nouns in...
5Ancient Greek-εύςAdded to noun or adjective stems to form a...
Every word from Ancient Greek -εύςEvery word from Ancient Greek -εύωEvery word from Ancient Greek θεραπεύω