myEtymology.com: English etymology of clinician

Etymology of the English word clinician

the English word clinician

derived from the English word clinic

derived from the Latin word clinicus (physician attending patient in bed; bedridden patient; one baptized when sick)

derived from the Greek word klinikos, κλινικός

derived from the Greek word kline, κλίνη (a couch (for sleep, sickness, sitting or eating))

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *klei-

using the English suffix -ian

derived from the French word clinicien

derived from the French word clinique

Word found in Modern English