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Where does “psicoterapia” come from?

psicoterapia (Spanish) comes from Spanish terapia, 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...

psicoterapia (Spanish): psychotherapy

Definitions

  1. psychotherapy

Ancestry of “psicoterapia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishterapiatherapy
2Ancient Greekθεραπείαa waiting on service; medical treatment
3Ancient Greekθεραπεύωto wait on, attend, serve; to obey; to flatter,...
4Ancient Greek-εύωAdded to the stems of agent or other nouns in...
5Ancient Greek-εύςAdded to noun or adjective stems to form a...
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