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Where does “ortoped” come from?

ortoped (Romanian) comes from Romanian ortopedie, from French orthopédie, from Ancient Greek παιδεία, from Ancient Greek παιδεύω, from Ancient Greek παῖς, from Proto-Hellenic pā́wits, from Proto-Indo-European péh₂wids, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂w- — few, little; smallness.

ortoped (Romanian): orthopedist

Definitions

  1. orthopedist

Ancestry of “ortoped”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianortopedieorthopedics
2Frenchorthopédieorthopaedics
3Ancient Greekπαιδείαupbringing; training, education; youth, childhood
4Ancient GreekπαιδεύωI raise, bring up a child; I train, teach,...
5Ancient Greekπαῖςchild, son, daughter; young person, child, boy,...
6Proto-Hellenicpā́witschild
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpéh₂wids—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂w-few, little; smallness

Words derived from “ortoped”

  • ortopedă
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