Dose
/doʊs/noun
A measured amount of a medicine, drug, or other substance.
Did you know?“Dose” entered English through French from Greek *dosis*, meaning “a giving,” from the same root as words for gift, data, and even betrayal through “tradition” as something handed over.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*deh₃-
“to give”
Ancient Greek
Greek
dosis
“a giving; a portion or dose”
Latin
Latin
dosis
“a dose, portion of medicine”
Old French
Old French
dose
“a dose; a measured amount of medicine”
Middle English
English
dose
“a measured quantity of medicine”
Modern English
English
dose
“a measured amount of a drug, medicine, or other substance”