Etymology

radiotherapeutic

Today it means: Pertaining to radiotherapy. Full definition →

English therapeutic ← Middle English terapeucia ← New Latin therapeuticus
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The story

  1. Latinradius
  2. Englishradio-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*treb-der.?
  4. Ancient Greekθερᾰ́πων (therắpōn)
  5. Ancient Greekθεραπεύω (therapeúō)
  6. Ancient Greekθερᾰπευτής (therăpeutḗs)
  7. Ancient Greekθεραπευτικός (therapeutikós)
  8. New Latintherapeuticus
  9. Middle Englishterapeucia
  10. Englishtherapeutic
  11. English todayradiotherapeutic

From radio- + therapeutic.

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