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treatment

/ˈtɹitmənt/TREET-muhnt
/ˈtɹitmənt/TREET-muhnt

Meaningthe act of handling

Common meaning: the way someone is dealt with

Other meanings: medical care

Journey through time

  1. Latintractare‘to handle’source
  2. Frenchtraitersource
  3. Englishtreat‘to deal with’
  4. Englishformed in English from treattreatment‘the way someone is dealt with’ · 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.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from treat + -ment.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), TREAT, p.658 · scan

Source words

  • tractare Latin · source word “to handle”

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