Where does “soporific” come from?
Soporific comes from French soporifique, from Latin sopor meaning sleep, from Proto-Indo-European swep- meaning to sleep.
soporific (English): Something inducing sleep, especially a drug;...
Definitions
- Something inducing sleep, especially a drug;...
Ancestry of “soporific”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | soporifique | soporific; a soporific |
| 2 | Latin | sopōr | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | swepōr | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | swep- | to sleep |
Words derived from “soporific”