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Where does “medicament” come from?

medicament (Romanian) comes from French médicament, from Latin medicamentum, from Latin medicō, from Latin medicus, from Latin medeor, from Proto-Italic medēōr, from Proto-Indo-European med- — to measure; to give advice; healing.

medicament (Romanian): medicine, drug, medication

Definitions

  1. medicine, drug, medication

Ancestry of “medicament”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmédicamentdrug, medication, medicine, pharmaceutical,...
2Latinmedicamentumdrug, remedy, medicine
3Latinmedicō—
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
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