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Where does “medicin” come from?

medicin (Middle English) comes from Middle French medicine, from Old French medecine, from Latin medicīna, from Latin medicus, from Latin medeor, from Proto-Italic medēōr, from Proto-Indo-European med- — to measure; to give advice; healing.

Ancestry of “medicin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchmedicinemedicine
2Old Frenchmedecinemedicine; remedy; medical treatment of some form
3Latinmedicīna—
4Latinmedicushealing, curative, medical; magic; a doctor,...
5LatinmedeorI heal, cure, remedy, am good for or against a...
6Proto-Italicmedēōrheal
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmed-to measure; to give advice; healing

Words derived from “medicin”

  • medicine
  • biomedicine
  • telemedicine
  • nanomedicine
  • premedicine
  • mediciner
  • ethnomedicine
  • cybermedicine
  • phytomedicine
  • electromedicine
  • paramedicine
  • geomedicine
  • photomedicine
  • antimedicine
  • aeromedicine
  • technomedicine
  • medicinelike
  • psychomedicine
  • pseudomedicine
  • keraunomedicine
  • xenomedicine
  • pseudo-medicine
  • marasin
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