Where does “elettroshockterapia” come from?

elettroshockterapia (Italian) comes from Italian elettroshock, from Italian shock, from English shock, from French choquer, from German schockieren, from Spanish chocar, from Portuguese chocar, from Russian шоки́ровать — Creates intransitive, often deponent,...

elettroshockterapia (Italian): electric shock therapy, electroconvulsive therapy

Definitions

  1. electric shock therapy, electroconvulsive therapy

Ancestry of “elettroshockterapia”, step by step

elettroshockterapia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian elettroshock

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianelettroshockelectroshock
2Italianshockshock (medical; violent or unexpected event)
3EnglishshockA sudden, heavy impact; A discontinuity arising...
4Frenchchoquerto hit, to collide; to shock
5Germanschockierento shock
6Spanishchocarto crash; to bump into, to collide with; to...
7Portuguesechocarto brood; to hatch; to linger
8Russianшоки́роватьto horrify, to scandalize, to shock
9Russian-и́роватьa productive verbal suffix, also used to create new verbs, especially from loanwords
10German-ierenVerb suffix: it and its inflected forms are found...
11French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
12English-erA person or thing that does an action indicated...
13Middle English-eragentive suffix; agent noun suffix
14Old French-erAlternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;...
15Latin-ārefirst conjugation
16Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
17Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
18Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...

via Italian terapia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianterapiatherapy, treatment
2Italian-ista-ist
3Latin-ista-ist; one who practises or believes
4Ancient Greek-ιστήςAlternative form of -τής; -ist
5Ancient Greek-τήςAppended to verbs to form agent nouns
6Proto-Hellenic-tās
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yétiEvery word from English -erEvery word from French -er