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Where does the word "dose" come from? It comes from Greek dosis, passing through French before entering English (1600s).
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Where does the word "dose" come from? It comes from Greek dosis, passing through French before entering English (1600s).
Dose’s story begins in Greek: dosis meant “a giving.” Greek, from 'didonai', to give. By 1400s, the word had taken hold in French as dose. Came via Medieval Latin 'dosis'. It reached English by 1600s as dose. 'a dose of reality' dates from the 1900s. Today, dose means a measured quantity of medicine.
- Stage 1 · Greek · ancient dosis "a giving", Greek, from 'didonai', to give.
- Stage 2 · French · 1400s dose "dose", came via Medieval Latin 'dosis'.
- Stage 3 · English · 1600s dose "measured medicine", 'a dose of reality' dates from the 1900s.