Where does “medicamentare” come from?
medicamentare (Romanian) comes from Romanian medicamenta, from French médicamenter, from French médicament, from Latin medicamentum, from Latin medicō, from Latin medicus, from Latin medeor, from Proto-Italic medēōr — to measure; to give advice; healing.
medicamentare (Romanian): medication
Definitions
- medication
Ancestry of “medicamentare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | medicamenta | to medicate |
| 2 | French | médicamenter | to medicate |
| 3 | French | médicament | drug, medication, medicine, pharmaceutical,... |
| 4 | Latin | medicamentum | drug, remedy, medicine |
| 5 | Latin | medicō | to heal, cure |
| 6 | Latin | medicus | healing, curative, medical; magic; a doctor,... |
| 7 | Latin | medeor | I heal, cure, remedy, am good for or against a... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | medēōr | heal |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | med- | to measure; to give advice; healing |