English Explanatory Dictionary

chiro-

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prefix
  1. hand
  2. sign language
  3. chiropractics

Word forms

chiro- cheir- cheiro- chir-

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes- Proto-Indo-European *-ōr Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰésōr Proto-Hellenic *kʰéhər Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír)bor. New Latin chiro-lbor. English chiro- Learned borrowing from New Latin chiro-.

Derived words

cheirospasm chiropractor
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