remedial
/ɹɪˈmidiəl/rih-MEE-dee-uhl
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked/ɹɪˈmidiəl/rih-MEE-dee-uhl
Meaningrelating to remedy
Common meaning: meant to correct or improve
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- reagain; back
- medto heal; a doctorLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1122 · scan
- inoun ending: study, state or act
- aladjective ending: relating to
‘again’ + ‘to heal’ → remedial
Journey through time
- Latinmedeor; medicus‘to heal’
- Frenchremedie
- Middle Englishremediesource
- Englishremedy‘a cure’
- Englishformed in English from remedyremedial‘meant to correct or improve’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from remedy + -al.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), REMEDY, p.500 · scan
Roots
- medeor; medicus Latin “to heal; a doctor”
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