English

self-medicate

From self- + medicate.

Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-

Proto-Germanic *selbaz ‘self’

Proto-Germanic *selba-

English self-

Latin medeor ‘heal, cure’

Latin medicus ‘medical’

Latin medicō ‘heal, cure’

Today it means

verb To consume a substance as a medication without the advice of a physician.

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

Etymograph / self-medicate