heal
English
/hiːl/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to revive or cure.
- (intransitive) To become better or healthy again.
- To reconcile, as a breach or difference; to make whole; to free from guilt.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English helen inherited from Old English hǣlan (greet, salute, heal, save, cure) inherited from Proto-Germanic *hailijaną (heal, make whole, save) derived from Proto-Indo-European *koyl- (safe, unharmed).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*koyl-
Gloss
safe, unharmed
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- all English
- allheal English
- heal-all English
- healable English
- healand English
- healee English
- healer English
- healest English
- healeth English
- healful English
- healing English
- healingly English
- healless English
- healsome English
- horse English
- horseheal English
- nonhealing English
- overheal English
- overhealing English
- reheal English
- self English
- self-heal English
- selfheal English
- underhealing English
- unhealable English
- unhealing English
- Altersheilkunde German
- Alterszahnheilkunde German
- Heilkraut German
- Heilkunde German
- Heilmittel German
- Heilpflanze German
- Heilung German
- heilen German
- heelmeester Dutch, Flemish
- helen Dutch, Flemish
- heler Dutch, Flemish
- heling Dutch, Flemish
- verhelen Dutch, Flemish
- *koyl- Proto-Indo-European
- *kéywelos Proto-Indo-European
- *hailijaną Proto-Germanic
- *hailingō Proto-Germanic
- hela Swedish
- helare Swedish
- ヒーラー Japanese
- ヒーリング・ミュージック Japanese
- gehælan Old English
- hælan Old English
- hælend Old English
- hæling Old English
- hǣlan Old English
- healend Middle English
- heeleful Middle English
- heelinge Middle English
- heleles Middle English
- helen Middle English
- helere Middle English
- horshelne Middle English
- overhelen Middle English
- heila Old Norse
- hêlen Middle Dutch
- heilen Old High German
- Heelung Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- heelen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *hailijan gmw-pro
- hailsome Scots