Where does “musicoterapia” come from?

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

musicoterapia (Italian): music therapy

Definitions

  1. music therapy

Ancestry of “musicoterapia”, step by step

musicoterapia 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 musico

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmusicomusical; melodious; musician
2Italianmusicareto set to music
Every word from Proto-Hellenic -tās →Every word from Ancient Greek -τής →Every word from Latin -ista →