Etymology

remedy

rem·e·dy
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Today it means: Something that corrects or counteracts. Full definition →

Middle English remedie ← Old French *remedie ← Latin remedium
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromremedium“a remedy, cure”
  2. Old French · derived from*remedie
  3. Middle English · inherited fromremedie
  4. English todayremedy

From Middle English remedie, from Old French *remedie, remede, from Latin remedium (“a remedy, cure”), from re- (“again”) + mederi (“to heal”). Doublet of remeid.

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