Where does “anticough” come from?
anticough (English) comes from English anti, from English anti-, from Ancient Greek ἀντι-, from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ — opposite.
anticough (English): Suppressing coughing
Ancestry of “anticough”, step by step
anticough traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English anti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | anti | Opposed to something; That has a torsion angle... |
| 2 | English | anti- | Against, hostile to; Contrasting with the norm;... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἀντι- | anti-, against; like, reminiscent of |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ᾰ̓ντῐ́ | opposite |
via English cough
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | cough | To push air from the lungs in a quick, noisy... |
| 2 | Middle English | coughen | to cough |
| 3 | Old English | cohhian | to cough |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | kuh- | to cough |