Medicine & BodyGreek → English
Therapy
/ˈθɛrəpi/
Treatment intended to relieve or heal a disorder.
The Greek roots
θεραπεία
therapeía
healing, service
Literally: “attentive care”
Follow a root:θεραπεία5 words
The story of the word
A therápōn was an attendant who cared for another. From that service came therapeía — the caring treatment of the sick.
The same roots elsewhere
Other languages reached for exactly the same Greek pieces.
In a sentence
Physical therapy slowly restored his mobility.