Etymograph

English

logotherapy

From logo- + therapy.

Formed from logo- + therapy

Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- ‘to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning…’

Proto-Indo-European *lóǵos

Proto-Hellenic *lógos

Ancient Greek λόγος ‘word, speech’

English logo-

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 A therapy that involves finding the meaning of one's life.

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

Etymograph / logotherapy