Etymology

bibliotherapy

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Today it means: A nonpharmacological therapy using reading materials to meet people’s therapeutic or developmental needs. Full definition →

English therapy ← New Latin therapīa ← Ancient Greek θεραπεία (therapeía)
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The story

  1. Englishbiblio-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*treb-der.?
  3. Ancient Greekθερᾰ́πων (therắpōn)
  4. Ancient Greekθεραπεύω (therapeúō)
  5. Ancient Greekθεραπεία (therapeía)
  6. New Latintherapīa
  7. Englishtherapy
  8. English todaybibliotherapy

From biblio- + therapy.

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