Etymology of the English word medicine
the English word
medicinederived from the Old French word
medicinederived from the Latin word
medicina (art, practice of medicine, medicine)
derived from the Latin word
medicus (doctor, physician; fourth finger of the hand; healing, curative, medical)
derived from the Latin word
mederi (heal, cure; remedy)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*med-Date
The earliest known usage of medicine in English dates from the 13th century.
Derivations in English
aeromedicine,
biomedicine,
geomedicine,
telemedicineCognates
Dutch
medicijn, French
médecin, French
médecine, German
Medizin, Italian
medicina, Lithuanian
medicina, Norwegian
medisin, Polish
medycyna, Russian
мeдицинa, Spanish
medicina, Swedish
medicinUsage
Word found in Modern English
