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Where does “quimioterapia” come from?

quimioterapia (Spanish) comes from French chimiothérapie, 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...

quimioterapia (Spanish): chemotherapy

Definitions

  1. chemotherapy

Ancestry of “quimioterapia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchchimiothérapiechemotherapy
2Frenchthérapietherapy
3Ancient Greekθεραπείαa waiting on service; medical treatment
4Ancient Greekθεραπεύωto wait on, attend, serve; to obey; to flatter,...
5Ancient Greek-εύωAdded to the stems of agent or other nouns in...
6Ancient Greek-εύςAdded to noun or adjective stems to form a...
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