Etymology

healthcare

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English care ← Middle English care ← Old English caru
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*kéh₂ilos
  2. Proto-Germanic*hailaz
  3. Proto-Germanic*hailiþō
  4. Proto-West Germanic*hailiþu
  5. Old Englishhǣlþ
  6. Middle Englishhelthe
  7. Englishhealth
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ǵeh₂r-
  9. Proto-Germanic*karō
  10. Proto-West Germanic*karu
  11. Old Englishcaru
  12. Middle Englishcare
  13. Englishcare
  14. English todayhealthcare

From health + care.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.