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English word origin

Etymology of med

Etymology tree Latin medeor Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin medicus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Me

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗
verb

Clipping of medicate.

noun

A medication, especially a prescribed psychoactive medication. · Clipping of medicine, as an academic subject. · A medic; a doctor.

adj

Clipping of medical. · Clipping of median.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Etymology tree Latin medeor Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin medicus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Medieval Latin medicālislbor. French médicalbor. English medicalclip. English med Etymology tree Latin medicō Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English medicateclip. English med

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