myEtymology.com: English etymology of heliotherapy

Etymology of the English word heliotherapy

the English word heliotherapy

derived from the English word therapy

derived from the New Latin word therapia (therapy)

derived from the Greek word therapeia, θεραπεία (attendance (specially, medical; cure); figuratively and collectively, domestics)

derived from the Greek word therapeuein, θεραπεύω

derived from the Greek word theraps

using the English prefix helio-

derived from the Greek prefix helio-, ἡλιο-

derived from the Greek word helios, ἥλιος (the sun; by implication, light)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sāwel- (to shine)

Word found in Modern English