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Where does “anticold” come from?

anticold (English) comes from English cold, from Middle English cold, from Old English cald, from Proto-Germanic *kald, from Proto-Germanic kaldaz, from Proto-Germanic kalaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵel- — to swallow; swallow.

anticold (English): Acting against or serving to prevent colds

Definitions

  1. Acting against or serving to prevent colds

Ancestry of “anticold”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcoldHaving a low temperature; Causing the air to be...
2Middle Englishcoldcold, cool; having a tendency to be cold;...
3Old EnglishcaldAlternative form of ċeald
4Proto-Germanic*kald—
5Proto-Germanickaldazcold
6Proto-Germanickalanąto be cold, to freeze
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵel-to swallow; swallow
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