iatrogenic
Meaningcaused by a doctor
Common meaning: caused by the doctor or the treatment itself
- iatra healer, doctorLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. 374 · scan
- genbirth, descent, race; a typeLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 810 · scan
- icadjective ending: relating to
‘a healer, doctor’ + ‘birth, descent, race’ → iatrogenic
Journey through time
Hybrid: Greek + Latin Its parts come from different languages; our sources do not record where they were first put together.
Neither part’s path through time is traced in our sources yet; each root is shown from its dictionary entry.
- iatr — Greek ἰατρός “a healer, doctor” (dictionary form; path not traced)
- gen — Latin genus, generis “birth, descent, race; a type” (dictionary form; path not traced)
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Greek ἰατρός ‘a healer, doctor’ + Latin genus ‘birth, descent, race; a type’.
Did you know (Carcinogen, cryogenic, iatrogenic,…): our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry genus, p. 810 · dictionary scan
Did you know (Greek iatros, "a…): our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), entry ἰατρός, p. 374 · dictionary scan
Roots
- genus, generis Latin “birth, descent, race; a type”
- ἰατρός Greek “a healer, doctor”
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