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Where does “antitussif” come from?

antitussif (French) comes from French -if, from Middle French -if, from Old French -if, from Latin -īvus, from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

antitussif (French): antitussive; antitussive, cough mixture

Definitions

  1. antitussive; antitussive, cough mixture

Ancestry of “antitussif”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1French-if-ive; used in forming adjectives denoting...
2Middle French-if-ive
3Old French-if-ive
4Latin-īvus—
5Proto-Indo-European-iHwós—
6Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems
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