What is the origin of the word wellness?

Answer 1

Wellness is a modern English word.

An interesting history of the term 'wellness' is given here: http://www.seekwellness.com/wellness/reports/2000-12-29.htm

Personally, I prefer Living Anew as a descriptive name since, to me, a parent of sorts in the industry, wellness as you may agree seems overused and often misunderstood.

Living Anew (as a lifestyle and as a magazine published in 1984) was way ahead of its time, but the notion of living anew was gaining recognition in many other forms: serious market research I reviewed during the mid to late 1970s indicated serious trends in America away from the traditional household makeup; John Kabet Zinn offered Eastern practices via stress management to enhance living with life and its challenges; yoga became introduced to America as an exercise alternative; holistic medicine began to take hold; NIA (http:/wwwzperiodznianowzperiodzcom/home), an exercise technique was born in the early 1990s; retooling via formal education became mainstream; dealing with life on life's terms as a phrase was better understood; and even earlier still, John Gray and his original Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus, almost single handedly created an relationship focused industry; as well as Tom Peter's great business related book: In Search of Excellence that included business styles into the mix, and on and on.

These were some of my inspirations. "Keeping an open mind" was my mantra.

Wellness came into the dialog somewhere along the way, a few years afterward.

Stay well, keep an open mind.

Answer 2

The word health originates from Old English hǣlth, of Germanic origin, related to whole.