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Where does “θεραπεία” come from?

θεραπεία (Greek) comes 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...

θεραπεία (Greek): cure, therapy, remedy

Definitions

  1. cure, therapy, remedy

Ancestry of “θεραπεία”, step by step

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

Words derived from “θεραπεία”

  • psychothérapie
  • ψυχοθεραπεία
  • psikoterapi
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