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Where does “thérapeutique” come from?

thérapeutique (French) comes from Ancient Greek θεραπευτικός, from Ancient Greek θεραπευτής, from Ancient Greek -τής, from Ancient Greek πεῖρα, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.

thérapeutique (French): therapeutic; Field of medicine that studies and...

Definitions

  1. therapeutic; Field of medicine that studies and...

Ancestry of “thérapeutique”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekθεραπευτικόςattentive, helpful, obliging, curative
2Ancient GreekθεραπευτήςOne who waits upon another; attendant
3Ancient Greek-τήςAppended to verbs to form agent nouns
4Ancient Greekπεῖραtrial, experiment, attempt
5Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

Words derived from “thérapeutique”

  • chimiothérapeutique
  • radiothérapeutique
  • thérapeutiquement
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