Etymology

therapy

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Today it means: Attempted remediation of a health problem following a diagnosis, usually synonymous with treatment. Full definition →

New Latin therapīa ← Ancient Greek θεραπεία (therapeía) ← Proto-Indo-European *treb-der.?
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*treb-der.?
  2. Ancient Greekθερᾰ́πων (therắpōn)
  3. Ancient Greekθεραπεύω (therapeúō)
  4. Ancient Greekθεραπεία (therapeía)
  5. New Latintherapīa
  6. English todaytherapy

From New Latin therapīa, from Ancient Greek θεραπεία (therapeía, “service, medical treatment”), from θεραπεύω (therapeúō, “to serve, treat medically”) + -ία (-ía, suffix for forming abstract nouns).

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