Where does “fototerapia” come from?

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

fototerapia (Italian): phototherapy

Definitions

  1. phototherapy

Ancestry of “fototerapia”, step by step

fototerapia 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 foto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianfotophoto, snap
Every word from Proto-Hellenic -tāsEvery word from Ancient Greek -τήςEvery word from Latin -ista