Etymology

iatroculture

ia·tro·cul·ture
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Today it means: The culture of medical professionals. Full definition →

English culture ← Middle French culture ← Latin cultūra
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekἰάομαι (iáomai)
  2. Ancient Greekῑ̓ᾱτρός (īātrós)
  3. Ancient Greekῑ̓ᾱτρο- (īātro-)
  4. Englishiatro-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*kʷélh₁eti
  7. Proto-Italic*kʷelō
  8. Latincolō
  9. Latincultūra
  10. Middle Frenchculture
  11. Englishculture
  12. English todayiatroculture

From Ancient Greek ἰατρός (iatrós, “physician”); iatro- + culture.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekἰατρός all →

-iatrics

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.