English
feldscher
Feldscher comes from Russian фельдшер ‘doctor's / medical assistant, medical…’, and goes back to German Feldscher.
- Germanc. 1650–presentFeldscher‘feldscher, physician assistant in the GDR’
- Russianmodernфельдшерfelʹdšer‘doctor's / medical assistant, medical attendant, paramedic, male nurse’
- Englishearliest quotation 1893feldscher
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Germanc. 1650–presentFeldscher‘feldscher, physician assistant in the GDR’
- Russianmodernфельдшерfelʹdšer‘doctor's / medical assistant, medical attendant, paramedic, male nurse’
- Englishearliest quotation 1893feldscher
Earliest quotation: 1893, Frank Gerard Clemow, The Cholera Epidemic of 1892 in the Russian Empire: “They were ordered to provide the following accommodation; one…”
Every English word from German Feldscher
Today it means
noun In Russia, one with practical but not formal medical training.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / German Feldscher / feldscher