remedy

/ˈɹemədi/REH-muh-dee

/ˈɹɛmədi/REH-muh-dee

Meaninga healing again

Common meaning: a cure

reagain; back
medto heal; a doctorLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1122 · scan
ynoun ending: study, state or act

‘again’ + ‘to heal’ → remedy

Journey through time

Latinmedeor; medicus‘to heal’
Frenchremedie
Middle Englishremediesource
Englishremedy‘a cure’ · today

re- also in: react rebel relax repel reply

med also in: medical medicine

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

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Origin: Built on Latin medeor; medicus ‘to heal; a doctor’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry medeor, p. 1122 · dictionary scan

Roots

medeor; medicus Latin “to heal; a doctor”

Related words

medical medicine

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