Etymology

chromotherapy

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Today it means: A form of alternative medicine involving the therapeutic use of color and light. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Hellenic*kʰrṓwmə
  2. Ancient Greekχρῶμᾰ (khrômă)
  3. Englishchromo-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*treb-der.?
  5. Ancient Greekθερᾰ́πων (therắpōn)
  6. Ancient Greekθεραπεύω (therapeúō)
  7. Ancient Greekθεραπεία (therapeía)
  8. New Latintherapīa
  9. Englishtherapy
  10. English todaychromotherapy

From chromo- + therapy.

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