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Where does “medicastro” come from?

medicastro (Italian) comes from Italian medico, from Ido mediko, from Latin medicus, from Latin medeor, from Proto-Italic medēōr, from Proto-Indo-European med- — to measure; to give advice; healing.

medicastro (Italian): medicaster, quack

Definitions

  1. medicaster, quack

Ancestry of “medicastro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmedicomedical; doctor, physician; first-person singular...
2Idomedikophysician, doctor
3Latinmedicushealing, curative, medical; magic; a doctor,...
4LatinmedeorI heal, cure, remedy, am good for or against a...
5Proto-Italicmedēōrheal
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmed-to measure; to give advice; healing

Words derived from “medicastro”

  • medicaster
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