Etymology

subtherapeutic

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Today it means: Administered at levels lower than would be used in actual treatment of a disease Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  2. Proto-Italic*supo
  3. Latinsub
  4. Latinsub-
  5. Englishsub-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*treb-der.?
  7. Ancient Greekθερᾰ́πων (therắpōn)
  8. Ancient Greekθεραπεύω (therapeúō)
  9. Ancient Greekθερᾰπευτής (therăpeutḗs)
  10. Ancient Greekθεραπευτικός (therapeutikós)
  11. New Latintherapeuticus
  12. Middle Englishterapeucia
  13. Englishtherapeutic
  14. English todaysubtherapeutic

From sub- + therapeutic.

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