Where does “apiterapia” come from?

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

apiterapia (Portuguese): apitherapy the medical use of bee products or bee stings

Definitions

  1. apitherapy the medical use of bee products or bee stings

Ancestry of “apiterapia”, step by step

apiterapia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Portuguese terapia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseterapiatherapy
2Portuguese-istaist person with a particular creative or academic role, appended to the name of this role, or its corresponding adjective
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 Latin Apis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinApisA seaport town of Egypt situated at the borders with Marmarica
2Ancient GreekἌπις
3Copticϩⲁⲡⲉthe Apis bull, a bull worshipped as a herald of the gods (first Ptah, then Osiris, then Atum)
4Egyptianḥpthe god Apis
Every word from Proto-Hellenic -tāsEvery word from Ancient Greek -τήςEvery word from Latin -ista
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