Where does “coughless” come from?
coughless (English) comes from English cough, from Middle English coughen, from Old English cohhian, from Proto-Germanic kuh- — to cough.
coughless (English): Without a cough
Ancestry of “coughless”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | cough | To push air from the lungs in a quick, noisy... |
| 2 | Middle English | coughen | — |
| 3 | Old English | cohhian | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | kuh- | to cough |