Where does “psikoterapi” come from?
psikoterapi (Turkish) comes from Dutch psychotherapie, from Dutch therapie, from New Latin therapīa, 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...
psikoterapi (Turkish): psychotherapy
Definitions
- psychotherapy
Ancestry of “psikoterapi”, step by step
psikoterapi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch psychotherapie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | psychotherapie | psychotherapy |
| 2 | Dutch | therapie | therapy |
| 3 | New Latin | therapīa | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | θεραπεία | a waiting on service; medical treatment |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | θεραπεύω | to wait on, attend, serve; to obey; to flatter,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -εύω | Added to the stems of agent or other nouns in... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -εύς | Added to noun or adjective stems to form a... |
via French psychothérapie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | psychothérapie | psychotherapy |
| 2 | French | psycho- | psycho |