Where does “anticonvulsive” come from?
anticonvulsive (English) comes from English convulsive, from French convulsif, from French convulsion, from Latin convulsiō, from Latin convulsus, from Latin convellere, from Latin convello, from Latin vello — to hit, to strike.
anticonvulsive (English): Acting against or serving to prevent convulsions;...
Definitions
- Acting against or serving to prevent convulsions;...
Ancestry of “anticonvulsive”, step by step
anticonvulsive traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English convulsive
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | convulsive | Marked by or having the nature of convulsions;... |
| 2 | French | convulsif | convulsive |
| 3 | French | convulsion | convulsion |
| 4 | Latin | convulsiō | convulsion |
| 5 | Latin | convulsus | shattered, battered, convulsed; overthrown |
| 6 | Latin | convellere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 7 | Latin | convello | I shatter, batter, convulse; I overthrow |
| 8 | Latin | vello | I pluck out; I depilate; I pull or tear down; I... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | welnō | to pull, tear |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | welh₃- | to hit, to strike |