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"medical" in seven languages

Meaningmedical

Spanish

médico

/ˈmediko/

learned

Also the noun 'doctor': el médico.

French

médical

/medikal/

learned

plural: médicaux

From Late Latin MEDICĀLIS, built on MEDICUS; the doctor is le médecin.

Italian

medico

/ˈmɛdiko/

learned

Also the noun 'doctor': il medico.

Portuguese

médico

/ˈmɛdʒiku/

learned

Romanian

medical

/mediˈkal/

learned

Catalan

mèdic

/ˈmɛdik/

learned

English

medical

/ˈmɛdɪkəl/

from Latin/French · Late Latin MEDICĀLIS (via French)

English → ItalianmedicalmedicoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

MEDICUM‘healing; a doctor’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

In Spanish and Italian the adjective and the doctor are one word (médico, medico). French keeps them apart, with médical for the adjective and médecin for the person.

English relatives: medicine, medic, medication, remedy

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In a sentence

  • esNecesita atención médica.
  • frElle a besoin de soins médicaux.
  • itHa bisogno di cure mediche.
  • ptEla precisa de atendimento médico.
  • roAre nevoie de îngrijiri medicale.
  • caNecessita atenció mèdica.
  • enShe needs medical care.

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