Peloid
/ˈpiː.lɔɪd/noun
A mudlike substance, especially mineral-rich mud used therapeutically in baths or packs.
Did you know?Peloid therapy grew from European spa traditions in which naturally occurring medicinal muds were heated and applied to the body for therapeutic purposes.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*pelH-
“A reconstructed root associated with mud or clay”
Ancient Greek
Greek
πηλός (pēlós)
“Mud, clay, or mire”
19th Century
Scientific Greek
-oid
“Forming words meaning “resembling” or “having the form of””
Late 19th–Early 20th Century
Scientific English
peloid
“Mudlike or resembling mud”
Modern English
English
peloid
“Therapeutic mineral mud or a mudlike substance”
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