Etymology

therapist

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Today it means: Someone who provides therapy, usually professionally. Full definition →

English therapy ← New Latin therapīa ← Ancient Greek θεραπεία (therapeía)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*treb-der.?
  2. Ancient Greekθερᾰ́πων (therắpōn)
  3. Ancient Greekθεραπεύω (therapeúō)
  4. Ancient Greekθεραπεία (therapeía)
  5. New Latintherapīa
  6. Englishtherapy
  7. English todaytherapist

From therapy + -ist.

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