Where does “pertussis” come from?

Pertussis comes from Latin per- combined with a Latin root from Proto-Indo-European (s)tew-, meaning to push or thrust, through intermediate Proto-Indo-European forms tud-ti-s- and (s)tewd-.

pertussis (English): Whooping cough

Definitions

  1. Whooping cough

Ancestry of “pertussis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintussiscough
2Proto-Italictussis—
3Proto-Indo-Europeantud-ti-scough
4Proto-Indo-European(s)tewd-to push, to hit
5Proto-Indo-Europeanstew-to praise, laud

Words derived from “pertussis”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European stew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)tewd- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tud-ti-s →
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