terapie

Forms

terapie f (plural terapii)^[1]

Etymology

It is borrowed from French thérapie, a medical term of the 19th century.^{[2][3][4][5][1]} Tiktin also names Modern Greek θεραπεία (therapeía) as a source.^[6]

The French word is from Ancient Greek θεραπεία (therapeía, “service, medical treatment, healing”), a learned borrowing formed on θεραπεύω (therapeúō, “to heal”).^[1][7] The same Greek noun gave the combining form -terapie, which Romanian has from French, German, Italian and English models.^[7]

Earliest recorded meaning

The first record is of 1829, in a periodical that lists the courses of anatomy, therapy and history.^[4][3][6]

Semantic evolution

The word first named the branch of medicine that deals with treating disease, a synonym of terapeutică.^[4][2] In the 20th century it also came to mean a treatment itself, as in the DLR's quotations on therapy with antibiotics or insulin;^[4] Blaga uses it figuratively for a “psychic therapy”.^[4] Set phrases followed: terapie tisulară “tissue therapy”, and terapie intensivă “intensive care” for patients who are just operated on or gravely ill.^[2][3] The final element -terapie forms many compounds, among them histoterapie and aerosoloterapie.^[8][9] In the 1980s the press took up terapist “therapist” from English.^[10]

Timeline

• 1829 – terapiei “of therapy” in a periodical, the first record.^[4][6]
• 1953 – therapy with antibiotics in Contemporanul.^[4]
• 1984 – terapist “therapist” in the press.^[10]

Meanings

Noun

1. therapy: the branch of medicine that deals with the treatment of disease; terapeutică.^[2][3][1]
2. The methods used to treat a disease; a course of treatment: o terapie cu antibiotice.^[11][4]
3. Terapie intensivă: intensive care, the constant care of patients just operated on or in a grave state, in special wards; reanimare.^[2][3]
4. Terapie tisulară: tissue therapy; histoterapie.^[2][3]

Word family

• aerosoloterapie

Related words

• terapeutică
• terapeut
• terapist
• Ancient Greek θεραπεία (therapeía)

References

1. ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d e f DEX (2009), Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române [Explanatory dictionary of the Romanian language], Bucharest: Editura Univers Enciclopedic, p. 1118
3. ^ a b c d e f 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 c d e f g h Academia Română (1965–2010), Dicționarul limbii române (DLR), serie nouă, tom I–XIX, București: Editura Academiei Române, p. s.v. terapie
5. ^ Marcu, Florin (2000), Marele dicționar de neologisme, București: Saeculum Vizual, p. s.v. terapie
6. ^ a b c Tiktin, Hariton (2000–2005), Rumänisch-deutsches Wörterbuch, 3rd ed., revised by Paul Miron and Elsa Lüder, 3 vols., Cluj-Napoca: Clusium, p. s.v. terapíe
7. ^ a b Andrei, Nicolae (1987), Dicționar etimologic de termeni științifici: elemente de compunere greco-latine, București: Editura Științifică și Enciclopedică, p. s.v. terapie
8. ^ Marcu, Florin; Maneca, Constant (1986), Dicționar de neologisme, 3rd ed., București: Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România, p. s.v. terapie
9. ^ Costăchescu, Adriana; Dincă, Daniela; Dragoste, Ramona; Popescu, Mihaela; Scurtu, Gabriela (2009–2010), Dicționar de împrumuturi lexicale din limba franceză (DILF), 2 vols., Craiova: Universitaria, p. 2
10. ^ a b Dimitrescu, Florica (1997), Dicționar de cuvinte recente, 2nd ed., București: Logos (with the 3rd ed., 2013, in CLRE), p. s.v. terapíe
11. ^ Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2002), Noul dicționar explicativ al limbii române, București: Litera Internațional, p. s.v. terapie