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Where does “fótaiteiripe” come from?

fótaiteiripe (Irish) comes from Irish teiripe, from English therapy, from New Latin therapīa, 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...

fótaiteiripe (Irish): phototherapy

Definitions

  1. phototherapy

Ancestry of “fótaiteiripe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishteiripe—
2EnglishtherapyAttempted remediation of a health problem...
3New Latintherapīa—
4Ancient Greekθεραπείαa waiting on service; medical treatment
5Ancient Greekθεραπεύωto wait on, attend, serve; to obey; to flatter,...
6Ancient Greek-εύωAdded to the stems of agent or other nouns in...
7Ancient Greek-εύςAdded to noun or adjective stems to form a...
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