myEtymology.com: English etymology of phototherapy

Etymology of the English word phototherapy

the English word phototherapy

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 photo-

derived from the Latin prefix photo-

derived from the Greek prefix photo-, φωτο-, ϕωτο-

derived from the Greek word phos, φῶς (light; luminousness (in the widest application, natural or artificial, abstract or concrete, literal or figurative))

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

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

Usage

Word found in Modern English