Where does “cough” come from?
Cough comes from Middle English coughen, from Old English cohhian, from Proto-Germanic kuh-, of uncertain ultimate origin.
cough (English): To push air from the lungs in a quick, noisy...
Definitions
- To push air from the lungs in a quick, noisy...
Ancestry of “cough”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | coughen | — |
| 2 | Old English | cohhian | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | kuh- | to cough |
Words derived from “cough”