Where does “химиотерапия” come from?
химиотерапия (Russian) comes from Russian терапи́я, from French thérapie, from Ancient Greek θεραπεία, from Ancient Greek θεραπεύω, from Ancient Greek -εύω, from Ancient Greek -εύς — Added to noun or adjective stems to form a...
химиотерапия (Russian): chemotherapy
Definitions
- chemotherapy
Ancestry of “химиотерапия”, step by step
химиотерапия traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian терапи́я
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | терапи́я | therapy |
| 2 | French | thérapie | therapy |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | θεραπεία | a waiting on service; medical treatment |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | θεραπεύω | to wait on, attend, serve; to obey; to flatter,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -εύω | Added to the stems of agent or other nouns in... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -εύς | Added to noun or adjective stems to form a... |
via Russian хи́мия
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | хи́мия | chemistry |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | χυμεία | art of alloying metals, alchemy |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | χύμα | that which is poured out or flows, fluid; ingot,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -μᾰ | "suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |