Where does “antiemetic” come from?
Antiemetic comes from French antiémétique, from Ancient Greek ἀντί "against" and ἐμετικός "of vomiting," derived from ἔμετος "vomit" and ἐμέω "to vomit," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots h₂en- and wemh₁-.
antiemetic (English): That combats nausea and vomiting; A drug that...
Definitions
- That combats nausea and vomiting; A drug that...
Ancestry of “antiemetic”, step by step
antiemetic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English emetic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | emetic | causing nausea and vomiting; an agent that... |
| 2 | French | émétique | emetic; an emetic |
| 3 | Latin | emeticus | emetic, turning the stomach |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἐμετικός | provoking sickness |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἔμετος | vomiting, sickness; vomit |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἐμέω | I vomit, throw up, am sick |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ϝεμέω | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | *wémh₁ti | to vomit |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wemh₁- | to spew, to vomit |
via French antiémétique
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | antiémétique | antiemetic |
| 2 | French | anti- | anti |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἀντι- | anti-, against; like, reminiscent of |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ᾰ̓ντῐ́ | opposite |