Etymology

chronotherapy

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Today it means: Any therapy based on the circadian rhythm or other cyclical schedule. Full definition →

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

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

From chrono- + therapy.

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