Etymology of the English word massotherapy
the English word
massotherapyderived from the English word
massagederived from the French word
massagederived from the Old French word
masserderived from the Latin word
massa (mace; club; mass, bulk; heavy weight)
derived from the Greek word
maza, μᾶζα
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*mag- (kneading)
derived from the French word
masserderived from the Arabic word
massausing the French suffix
-agederived from the Vulgar Latin suffix
-aticumderived from the Latin suffix
-aticusderived from the Latin suffix
-icusderived from the Greek suffix
-ikos, -ϊκος, -ικος, -ῖκος
derived from the Latin suffix
-atderived from the English word
therapyderived from the New Latin word
therapia (therapy)
derived from the Greek word
therapeia, θεραπεία (attendance (specially, medical; cure); figuratively and collectively, domestics)
Date
The earliest known usage of massotherapy in English dates from the 20th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
