health
English
/hɛlθ/
noun
Definitions
- The state of being free from physical or psychological disease, illness, or malfunction; wellness.
- A state of well-being or balance, often physical but sometimes also mental and social; the overall level of function of an organism from the cellular (micro) level to the social (macro) level.
- Physical condition.
- (obsolete) Cure, remedy.
- (countable) A toast to prosperity.
- (video games) The amount of damage an in-game object can withstand before it is destroyed.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English helþe inherited from Old English hǣlþ inherited from *hailiþu derived from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (whole, healthy, sound, hale, safe, entire, omen) suffix from English whole.
Origin
English
whole
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- care English
- cyberhealth English
- e-health English
- healthcare English
- healthen English
- healthful English
- healthfuller English
- healthfully English
- healthfulness English
- healthie English
- healthification English
- healthify English
- healthily English
- healthiness English
- healthism English
- healthless English
- healthlessness English
- healthscape English
- healthsome English
- healthspan English
- healthward English
- healthwise English
- healthy English
- heartwhole English
- holy English
- nonhealthcare English
- nonhealthy English
- nonwhole English
- prehealth English
- span English
- subhealth English
- superhealthy English
- telehealth English
- telehealthcare English
- unhealth English
- unhealthful English
- unhealthy English
- unwhole English
- whole English
- whole-footed English
- whole-hearted English
- whole-time English
- wholegrain English
- wholehearted English
- wholely English
- wholemeal English
- wholeness English
- wholesale English
- wholesome English
- wholestitch English
- wholetime English
- wholewise English
- wholist English
- wholistic English
- wholly English
- wholth English
- Antiheld German
- Held German
- Heldentat German
- Heldentod German
- Heldin German
- Maulheld German
- Pantoffelheld German
- Revolverheld German
- Superheld German
- heldenhaft German
- heldisch German
- antiheld Dutch, Flemish
- held Dutch, Flemish
- heldendaad Dutch, Flemish
- heldendicht Dutch, Flemish
- heldendom Dutch, Flemish
- heldenmoed Dutch, Flemish
- heldhaftig Dutch, Flemish
- heldin Dutch, Flemish
- oorlogsheld Dutch, Flemish
- pantoffelheld Dutch, Flemish
- stripheld Dutch, Flemish
- superheld Dutch, Flemish
- zeeheld Dutch, Flemish
- *kóh₂ilos Proto-Indo-European
- *kóh₂ilus Proto-Indo-European
- *kóylos Proto-Indo-European
- *hailagaz Proto-Germanic
- *hailagô Proto-Germanic
- *hailaz Proto-Germanic
- *hailiþō Proto-Germanic
- *hailzą Proto-Germanic
- *hailį̄ Proto-Germanic
- *haliþaz Proto-Germanic
- ヘルス Japanese
- hāl Old English
- hǣlþ Old English
- helthful Middle English
- helþe Middle English
- hole Middle English
- heill Old Norse
- heilsa Old Norse
- helt Middle Dutch
- helt Middle High German
- 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌻𐍃 Gothic
- *hail gmw-pro
- *hailiþu gmw-pro
- hēl Old Dutch
- helt Middle Low German
- 헬스 Korean
- hēl Old Frisian
- helt Tok Pisin
- eils Vandalic
- holy
- care
- span
- whole
- wholly
- wholth
- healthy
- unwhole
- wholely
- wholist
- nonwhole
- healthie
- unhealth
- healthen
- e-health
- wholesale
- wholewise
- wholistic
- subhealth
- unhealthy
- healthism
- wholemeal
- prehealth
- wholetime
- healthify
- healthily
- healthful
- wholeness
- wholesome
- healthless
- nonhealthy
- healthward
- wholegrain
- healthcare
- healthspan
- healthsome
- heartwhole
- whole-time
- telehealth
- healthwise
- unhealthful
- wholestitch
- healthscape
- healthiness
- healthfully
- cyberhealth
- whole-footed
- superhealthy
- wholehearted
- healthfuller
- nonhealthcare
- healthfulness
- whole-hearted
- healthlessness
- telehealthcare
- healthification