Where does “fangoterapia” come from?

fangoterapia (Italian) comes from Italian terapia, from Italian -ista, from Latin -ista, from Ancient Greek -ιστής, from Ancient Greek -τής, from Proto-Hellenic -tās.

fangoterapia (Italian): mud bath treatment

Definitions

  1. mud bath treatment

Ancestry of “fangoterapia”, step by step

fangoterapia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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—

via Italian fango

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianfangomud; sludge
2Vulgar Latin*fangus—
Every word from Proto-Hellenic -tās →Every word from Ancient Greek -τής →Every word from Latin -ista →