therapeutic
/ˌθeɹəpˈjuːtɪk/theh-ruh-PYOO-tik
/ˌθɛɹəpˈjutɪk/theh-ruh-PYOO-tik
Meaninghealing
Common meaning: healing
- therapservice; medical careLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. 362 · scan
- euticGreek adjective ending: having the skill of
Journey through time
- Greekθεραπεία‘service’
- Latintherapeutica
- Frenchtherapeutique
- Englishtherapeutic‘healing’ · today
therap also in: therapy
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 Greek θεραπεία ‘service; medical care’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), entry θεραπεία, p. 362 · dictionary scan
Roots
- θεραπεία Greek “service; medical care”
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