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med
Med comes from Latin medicus ‘healing, curative, medical’, and goes back to medeor ‘to heal, cure, remedy, be good for or against…’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmedeor‘to heal, cure, remedy, be good for or against a disease’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmedicus‘healing, curative, medical’
- Medieval Latinmodernmedicālis
- Frenchc. 1600–presentmédica
- English1500–presentmedical
- Englishearliest quotation 2008med
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmedeor‘to heal, cure, remedy, be good for or against a disease’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmedicus‘healing, curative, medical’
- Medieval Latinmodernmedicālis
- Frenchc. 1600–presentmédica
- English1500–presentmedical
- Englishearliest quotation 2008med
Earliest quotation: 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect: “Shepard: What's wrong with your assistant? Dr. Warren: Manuel…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *med- ‘to measure, give advice, heal’
must, model, modern, mode, mood, mud, module, mold, meditation, blackmail, modal, modus, modulate, mote, modifiable, moulder, mete, 28 more
through Proto-Italic *medos ‘measure’
commodity, modification, mould, modulation, molding, modulus, modicum, modulo, 10 more
through Latin medeor ‘to heal, cure, remedy, be good for or against…’
remedy, meditate, medicate, 6 more
through Latin medicus ‘healing, curative, medical’
medicine, medication, meth, medicinal, medic, 8 more
through Medieval Latin medicālis
Today it means
adj Medications, especially prescribed psychoactive medications.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin medeor / med