healer C2+ Topic:People & Society US /ˈhilɚ/ UK /ˈhiːlə/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a person who cures or restores others to health The village healer mixed herbs into a poultice for the wound. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a person who cures or... physiciancurertherapistdoctormender Word family Related forms healhealthhealing Etymology AI details From heal plus the agentive suffix -er; heal comes from Old English hælan ('to cure, make whole'), from Proto-Germanic *hailijaną, from *hailaz ('whole, sound'). hælan Old English *hailaz Proto-Germanic View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # healer **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈhilɚ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈhiːlə/ ## Meanings 1. a person who cures or restores others to health ## Examples - The village healer mixed herbs into a poultice for the wound. ## Synonyms - physician - curer - therapist - doctor - mender ## Related Forms - heal - health - healing ## Roots and Affixes - Root: hælan - Root: *hailaz ## Etymology From heal plus the agentive suffix -er; heal comes from Old English hælan ('to cure, make whole'), from Proto-Germanic *hailijaną, from *hailaz ('whole, sound'). ## AI Etymology Healer comes from heal plus the agentive suffix -er; heal comes from Old English hælan ('to cure, make whole'), from Proto-Germanic *hailijaną, from *hailaz ('whole, sound'). The etymological trail includes Old English hælan and Proto-Germanic *hailaz. As a noun, healer names a person who cures or restores others to health. The same family is visible in related forms such as heal, health, and healing. The analysis is partly morphological, with the modern form built from the elements named in the history. ## Topics - People & Society - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown