Where does “medico” come from?

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

medico (Italian): medical; doctor, physician; first-person singular...

Definitions

  1. medical; doctor, physician; first-person singular...

Ancestry of “medico”, step by step

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

Words derived from “medico

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