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The word Doctor originated from the Swahili word "Daktari" meaning....doctor!

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13y ago

Yes, the root of the word physician is physis. Witch is the word for the material universe we sense, experience, examine, and measure to predict future behavior.

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11y ago

it was taken from a combination of The latin word for medicine which is medicámentum and the name of a persian philosopher Avicenna. hence medicina or medicine in english

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c.1225, fisicien, from O.Fr. fisicien "physician" (12c., Mod.Fr. physicien means "physicist"), from fisique "art of healing," from L. physica "natural science" (see physic).

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12y ago

The root word of physician is "physic".

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