Where does “medicamenta” come from?
medicamenta (Romanian) comes from French médicamenter, 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.
medicamenta (Romanian): to medicate
Definitions
- to medicate
Ancestry of “medicamenta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | médicamenter | to medicate |
| 2 | French | médicament | drug, medication, medicine, pharmaceutical,... |
| 3 | Latin | medicamentum | drug, remedy, medicine |
| 4 | Latin | medicō | to heal, cure |
| 5 | Latin | medicus | healing, curative, medical; magic; a doctor,... |
| 6 | Latin | medeor | I heal, cure, remedy, am good for or against a... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | medēōr | heal |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | med- | to measure; to give advice; healing |