-iatry

The suffix -iatrie (from ancient Greek ἰατρικὴ (τέχνη) iatrike (techne) , German 'Heilkunst' from ἰατρός iatrοs , German 'doctor' ) appends names for medical specialties or areas.

Examples

Some examples of medical fields with the word ending -iatrie are:

• geriatrics
• Pediatrics
• Podiatrics
• Phoniatrics
• psychiatry

There is always the corresponding specialist term, which is denoted by a word with the same root andiater as the ending, i.e. pediatric → pediatric etc.

The German word doctor also has the suffix -iater , the doctor is a derivation from the Middle Latin form archiater , which was derived from the Greek archiatrós and denotes the 'Erzarzt', a title used by ancient court doctors.

See also

• List of Greek word stems in German foreign words

Individual evidence

1. ^ Friedrich Kluge: Etymological dictionary of the German language . 23rd edition. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 1995, ISBN 3-11-012922-1 .