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Where does “antinauseant” come from?

antinauseant (English) comes from English nauseant, from Latin nauseans, from Latin nauseō, from Latin nausea, from Ancient Greek ναυσία, from Ancient Greek ναῦς, from Proto-Indo-European néh₂us, from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₂- — to swim; to float.

antinauseant (English): Any drug that counteracts nausea

Definitions

  1. Any drug that counteracts nausea

Ancestry of “antinauseant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnauseantA substance that induces nausea; Inducing nausea
2Latinnauseans
3Latinnauseō—
4Latinnauseanausea; seasickness; second-person singular...
5Ancient Greekναυσίαnausea, seasickness
6Ancient Greekναῦςa ship
7Proto-Indo-Europeannéh₂usboat
8Proto-Indo-European(s)neh₂-to swim; to float
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