English

health worker

Compound of health + worker.

A compound of health + worker

Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos ‘healthy’

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Proto-Germanic *hailiþō ‘wholeness’

Proto-West Germanic *hailiþu ‘wholeness’

Old English hǣlþ

Middle English helthe ‘soundness’

Middle English worchere ‘one who works’

Today it means

noun A person who works in the health sector.

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

Etymograph / health worker