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Where does “ortopedie” come from?

ortopedie (Romanian) comes 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.

ortopedie (Romanian): orthopedics

Definitions

  1. orthopedics

Ancestry of “ortopedie”, step by step

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

Words derived from “ortopedie”

  • ortoped
  • ortopedă
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