Where does “antiquackery” come from?
antiquackery (English) comes from English quackery, from English quack, from English quacksalver, from Dutch quacksalver, from Middle Dutch quacsalven, from Middle Dutch salve, from Old Dutch salva, from Proto-West Germanic salbu — fat, oil.
antiquackery (English): Opposing quackery
Ancestry of “antiquackery”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | quackery | The practice of fraudulent medicine, usually in... |
| 2 | English | quack | The sound made by a duck; To make a noise like a... |
| 3 | English | quacksalver | One falsely claiming to possess medical or other... |
| 4 | Dutch | quacksalver | a hawker of salve |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | quacsalven | — |
| 6 | Middle Dutch | salve | ointment, salve |
| 7 | Old Dutch | salva | — |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | salbu | salve, ointment |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | salbō | salve, ointment |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | solp-éh₂ | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | selp- | fat, oil |