Where does “farmacoterapia” come from?

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

farmacoterapia (Italian): pharmacotherapy

Definitions

  1. pharmacotherapy

Ancestry of “farmacoterapia”, step by step

farmacoterapia 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 farmaco

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianfarmacomedicine, medication, drug
2Latinpharmacumdrug, medicine; poison
3Ancient GreekφάρμακονA drug, whether healing or noxious; A healing...
4Proto-Hellenicpʰármakon
Every word from Proto-Hellenic -tāsEvery word from Ancient Greek -τήςEvery word from Latin -ista