healer
English
/ˈhiːlə(ɹ)/, /ˈhilɚ/
noun
Definitions
- One who heals, especially through faith.
- Anything that heals; a medicine that heals some wound, injury, ailment, or disease.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English helere suffix from English heal (health, well-being, cover).
Origin
English
heal
Gloss
health, well-being, cover
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
🤭 📔
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- allheal English
- heal English
- heal-all English
- healable English
- healand English
- healee English
- healest English
- healeth English
- healful English
- healing English
- healless English
- healsome English
- horseheal English
- overheal English
- reheal English
- self-heal English
- selfheal English
- helen Dutch, Flemish
- heler Dutch, Flemish
- ヒーラー Japanese
- helen Middle English
- helere Middle English