Etymograph

English

healthwise

From health + -wise.

A compound of health + -wise

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’

English health

Today it means

adv With regard to health

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

Etymograph / healthwise