terapeut

Forms

terapeut m (plural terapeuți)^[1]

Etymology

It is borrowed from French thérapeute.^{[2][3][4][5][1]} The French word is a learned borrowing, which is from Ancient Greek θεραπευτής (therapeutḗs, “attendant”).^[1]

Earliest recorded meaning

MDA2 dates the first record to the third edition of Marcu and Maneca's dictionary of neologisms, 1978, with the sense “specialist in therapeutics”.^[3]

Timeline

• 1978 – first record, in the third edition of the Dicționar de neologisme.^[3]

Meanings

Noun

1. A physician who specializes in therapeutics; a therapist.^[2][6] DEX 2009 also gives a feminine terapeută.^[2][6][1]

Related words

• terapeutică
• terapie
• French thérapeute

Usage notes

The vowels ⟨e⟩ and ⟨u⟩ are pronounced in separate syllables, -pe-ut.^[2][4] MDA2 records terapeutist as a rare, older synonym.^[3]

References

1. ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d DEX (2009), Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române [Explanatory dictionary of the Romanian language], Bucharest: Editura Univers Enciclopedic, p. 1118
3. ^ a b c d Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2010), Micul dicționar academic, 2nd ed., 4 vols., București: Univers Enciclopedic Gold, p. 2, 1201
4. ^ a b Marcu, Florin; Maneca, Constant (1986), Dicționar de neologisme, 3rd ed., București: Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România
5. ^ Costăchescu, Adriana; Dincă, Daniela; Dragoste, Ramona; Popescu, Mihaela; Scurtu, Gabriela (2009–2010), Dicționar de împrumuturi lexicale din limba franceză (DILF), 2 vols., Craiova: Universitaria
6. ^ a b Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2002), Noul dicționar explicativ al limbii române, București: Litera Internațional