English
hepatotherapy
From hepato- + therapy.
A compound of hepato- + therapy
Proto-Indo-European *(H)yekʷ-
Proto-Indo-European *yókʷr̥ ‘liver’
Proto-Hellenic *yêkʷər ‘liver’
Ancient Greek ἧπᾰρ ‘liver’
English hepato-
Ancient Greek θεράπων ‘attendant, aide’
Ancient Greek θεραπεύω ‘to serve, treat medically’
Ancient Greek θεραπεία ‘service, medical treatment’
New Latin therapīa ‘therapy’
English therapy
Today it means
noun The treatment of liver disease.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hepatotherapy