therapist
//ˈθɛɹəpɪst//
Forms
- Plural
- therapists
Definitions
1.Someone who provides therapy, usually professionally.
2.A psychotherapist specifically.
- We're Midwesterners. Our therapists are bartenders.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4364
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *treb-der.?
Ancient Greek θερᾰ́πων (therắpōn)
Ancient Greek -εύς (-eús)
Ancient Greek -εύω (-eúō)
Ancient Greek θεραπεύω (therapeúō)
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂
Proto-Hellenic *-íā
Ancient Greek -ία (-ía)