English
anatripsology
Anatripsology comes from Ancient Greek ἀνάτριψις ‘rubbing’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀνάτριψιςanátripsis‘rubbing’
- Italianc. 1300–presentanatripsologia
- Englishearliest quotation 1953anatripsology
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀνάτριψιςanátripsis‘rubbing’
- Italianc. 1300–presentanatripsologia
- Englishearliest quotation 1953anatripsology
Earliest quotation: 1953, W. H. McMenemey, The Water Doctors of Malvern, with Special Reference to the : “He was succeeded by one of his five doctor…”
The story
Borrowed from Italian anatripsologia, coined by Valeriano Luigi Brera in 1799, from Ancient Greek ἀνάτριψις (anátripsis, “rubbing”) + -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā).
Every English word from Ancient Greek ἀνάτριψις
Today it means
noun The study or application of friction or rubbing as a remedy.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ἀνάτριψις / anatripsology