Where does “diuretic” come from?

Diuretic comes from Middle English diuretyk, from Old French diuretique, from Latin diureticus, meaning promoting urination.

diuretic (English): Increasing the amount or frequency of urination;...

Definitions

  1. Increasing the amount or frequency of urination;...

Ancestry of “diuretic”, step by step

diuretic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English diuretyk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishdiuretyk—
2Old Frenchdiuretiquediuretic
3Latindiūrēticus—
4Ancient Greekδιουρητικόςdiuretic
5Ancient Greek-κόςforms adjectives with the sense of 'of or...
6Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

via French diurétique

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdiurétiquediuretic; a diuretic
2Late Latindiureticus—

Words derived from “diuretic”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos →Every word from Ancient Greek -κός →Every word from Ancient Greek διουρητικός →