Where does “paregoric” come from?

paregoric (English) comes from Ancient Greek παρηγορικός, from Ancient Greek παρηγορέω, from Ancient Greek παρήγορος, from Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ-, from Ancient Greek παρά, from Latin verēdus, from Gaulish werēdos, from Proto-Celtic *uɸoreidos — horse.

paregoric (English): A painkiller; a medicine which soothes or...

Definitions

  1. A painkiller; a medicine which soothes or...

Ancestry of “paregoric”, step by step

paregoric traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ancient Greek παρηγορικός

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekπαρηγορικόςsoothing
2Ancient Greekπαρηγορέωto console, comfort
3Ancient Greekπαρήγορος
4Ancient Greekπᾰρᾰ-near; next to; by, near
5Ancient Greekπαρά
6LatinverēdusA fast or light breed of horse; courier's horse; hunter
7Gaulishwerēdoshorse
8Proto-Celtic*uɸoreidoshorse

via Romanian paregorie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianparegorie

Words derived from “paregoric

Every word from Proto-Celtic *uɸoreidosEvery word from Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ-Every word from Gaulish werēdos