English

halotherapy

From halo- (“sea; salt”) + therapy.

Formed from halo- ‘sea’ + therapy

Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l ‘salt’

Proto-Hellenic *hā́ls ‘salt’

Ancient Greek ἅλς ‘sea, salt’

English halo-

Ancient Greek θεράπων ‘attendant, aide’

Ancient Greek θεραπεύω ‘to serve, treat medically’

Ancient Greek θεραπεία ‘service, medical treatment’

New Latin therapīa ‘therapy’

Today it means

noun Therapy, such as hydrotherapy, which makes use of salt or saltwater.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / halotherapy