Where does “radiopharmaceutique” come from?
radiopharmaceutique (French) comes from French pharmaceutique, from Ancient Greek φαρμακευτικός, from Ancient Greek φαρμακεύω, from Ancient Greek φάρμακον, from Proto-Hellenic pʰármakon.
radiopharmaceutique (French): radiopharmaceutical
Ancestry of “radiopharmaceutique”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | pharmaceutique | pharmaceutical |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | φαρμακευτικός | of or by means of drugs or pharmacy |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | φαρμακεύω | to use drugs; to administer a drug or medicine |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | φάρμακον | A drug, whether healing or noxious; A healing... |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | pʰármakon | — |